Three journalists from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala provide a first-person account of what it’s like to continue reporting on reality despite the authoritarian onslaught in the region and the criminalization of their work
To the chagrin of the West, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly defends his own position, whether that be on Venezuela or China
The former leader has taken refuge in Nicaragua, where he has been granted citizenship. He claims the sentence is ‘unfair’ and lacks evidence
Cristosal, the primary human rights organization in the Central American country, describes a regime of terror through interviews of hundreds of people who were mistakenly arrested or freed after being declared innocent
The incident happened at Monumental stadium in Cuscatlan, a town about 25 miles (41 kilometers) northeast of the capital, San Salvador
A survey found that 55% of Colombians would like to have a president like the one in El Salvador; meanwhile, some local candidates are promising to import his rigid security model
The president ordered the mobilization of more than 5,000 military and 500 police officers in a new show of force. ‘They will pay dearly for the assassination of our hero,’ he warned
As the U.S. prepares for the end of Title 42 restrictions, officials have released few details about who would be eligible for the immigration permissions known as family reunification parole
Under the agreement, Mexico will continue to accept migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua who are turned away at the border
José Wilfredo Ayala, second-in-command of the notorious MS-13 criminal organization and one the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, faces multiple charges in New York
Violence and organized crime are on the rise across the region, upending government plans and putting citizens on alert
The Salvadoran president has appointed two U.S. crypto investors to lead the country’s National Bitcoin Office, as the IMF issues more warnings about the country’s so-called volcano bonds
Does feeling safer inevitably imply giving up human rights and civil liberties?
Two former inmates talk to EL PAÍS about the terrors they saw while imprisoned in the country’s jails, which are at breaking point due to Bukele’s controversial crackdown on gangs
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is investigating how a 21-year-old, who was diagnosed with lupus and carrying a fetus that would not survive outside the womb, was not allowed to terminate the pregnancy
One year ago, President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs, leading to the arrest of more than 65,000 people
Right-wing politicians like María Fernanda Cabal admire the president of El Salvador, while leftist president Gustavo Petro sees him as a foe
On Wednesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hear the case of Beatriz, who died at age 21 after being denied an abortion. EL PAÍS looks at the other women who have lost their lives due to the region’s restrictive rules
The Salvadoran president’s fierce war on gangs has quelled rampant violence and gained him unprecedented popularity while exacting a heavy toll on rights and freedoms
The prison transfer came the same day El Salvador’s congress voted to approve yet another extension of emergency rules that allow police to round up suspected members of street gangs
Doctors Without Borders has identified sexual violence as one of the most heinous problems in Mexico and Central America
The technocrat president of El Salvador has transformed into an authoritarian despot with no regard for the rule of law and human rights
Shortly after the US government accused his administration of negotiating with gangs, El Salvador’s president made a political calculation and responded with a heavy hand
The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison built as part of his controversial security strategy, where they will not be able to do ‘any more harm to the population’
The records, to which Human Rights Watch has had access, have exposed overcrowding, deaths in custody and the detention of over 1,000 minors including children as young as 12
The Mexican president told his US counterpart to ‘do away’ with his ‘abandonment of Latin America’ in a bilateral meeting held as part of the North American Leaders’ Summit
The Mara Salvatrucha, the largest and most dangerous criminal structure in the country, is losing ground thanks to President Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency. But at what cost?
