The president, who began his political career under the wing of the leftist group, now wants to erase it from the political map, but analysts see a ‘rescue of the party’s revolutionary principles’ as possible
The president of El Salvador was re-elected with, it seems, 85% of the votes. The “massive support/thirst for revenge” formula may drag Latin America into its darkest hour
A 27-year-old Honduran man — who got entangled with the gangs when he was a child — now works so that children in his country have alternatives. He shares his story with EL PAÍS
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
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s popularity shows that Latin American governments are falling short. They should redouble their efforts to provide rights-respecting strategies to tackle the root causes of much criminality
The carnage in Tuesday’s riot was the worst atrocity at a women’s prison in recent memory, something President Xiomara Castro called “monstrous”
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
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
