
Bukele’s state of emergency as an instrument to crush dissention
Dozens of activists have been arrested and accused of being gang members in El Salvador, in what social organizations say is a politically motivated campaign

Dozens of activists have been arrested and accused of being gang members in El Salvador, in what social organizations say is a politically motivated campaign

The popular president will seek to complete infrastructure initiatives, support his party’s candidate and ensure a smooth succession

In 2021, the Mexican president promised that he would design a Global Fraternity and Welfare Fund and propose it to the UN. This project would attract donations from the world’s wealthiest individuals, companies and countries to assist 750 million people living in poverty
President Nayib Bukele’s government has opened a hotline for people to report gang ‘collaborators.’ Many Salvadorans have taken advantage of that resource to settle personal vendettas with their neighbors

The Salvadoran president’s strategy for dealing with gangs has eroded democratic freedoms and rights, but is also tantalizing for many politicians

The state of Mexico – known as ‘Edomex’ to distinguish it from the name of the whole country – is not only the site of an electoral battle between the Morena party and the historic PRI. Two large cartels and some 30 local criminal groups are fighting over illegal businesses, terrorizing the marginalized population in the process

The former secretary of Public Security profited from lucrative, sole source contracts for location tracking and phone tapping equipment

The Mexican government has filed a suit in Florida accusing the former security official of diverting over $750 million in public funds, while a NY court is trying him for allegedly taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

The company that manages hundreds of apartments on the short-term rental platform is pushing up prices to exorbitant levels

The relatives of Kandace Florence, Jordan Marshall and Courtez Hall want the rental giant to ensure that all properties advertised on its app have working carbon monoxide monitors

The victims’ families are requesting new autopsies amid doubts about official reports of a strong gas smell at the site

The Prosecutor’s Office says that the tourists died of carbon monoxide poisoning, while relatives of the victims, one woman and two men, believe they were drugged at a bar

The increase in ‘digital nomads’ with higher purchasing power is forcing locals further away from the Mexican capital’s downtown boroughs as the rental platform targets longer-term stays

White House asked government of López Obrador for a quota of 60 extraditions a year and provided a list of priority targets as part of Bicentennial Framework talks, according to Sedena documents that EL PAÍS has seen