Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term this week after an election held in the absence of any major political rivals. Dozens of opposition figures are detained in a prison that is the most notorious symbol of the regime’s repression and human rights abuses
The coronavirus pandemic has given El Salvador’s president the opportunity to sell his image in the region and present himself as having the solutions to its deep-seated problems
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have nine children, eight of whom work in the family business. They serve as government advisors, oversee an oil distribution business and run most of the country’s television channels and advertising companies benefiting from state contracts. But their movements are restricted, and they must respond at all times to the orders of their mother, the vice president
After a video of the 10-year-old went viral, EL PAÍS located his family and traveled to a remote farming community to reconstruct his journey