Nayib Bukele

A growing number of economists are calling on governments to step up to ensure that the private sector’s pursuit of profit is aligned with the interests of society as a whole

A new law ushers in the return of an industry that’s been prohibited since 2017, threatens to send workers back to the absolute control of foreign companies — and, environmentalists warn, comes at a high ecological cost

After months of rapprochement, El Salvador’s president is offering his prisons and hoping for financial support in his budding friendship with the Republican administration

During State Secretary Marco Rubio’s visit, the government of El Salvador also announced that it will promote a nuclear energy project with Washington

Former presidents, businessmen and celebrities are on the list of potential inauguration day attendees

The president says she has not been invited to the inauguration and sources consider it unlikely that she will travel to Washington, while doubts prevail over Mexico’s strategy to contain the Republican’s attacks

2024 saw almost half of the world’s population head to the polls. The year highlighted the risks of democratic erosion, due to the actions taken by oligarchs or foreign powers. However, it also showed strong levels of participation and moments of resilience

The expert argues that more and more democratic systems are turning into autocracies, whereas in the second half of the 20th century, the reverse was happening

Christian groups and think tanks are weaving together a network with nodes in Washington and Budapest. Meanwhile, Madrid is gaining importance as a bridge to far-right movements in Latin America

The residents of this jungle region have been protesting for 12 days. They have cut off the main roads of the province and surrounded the governor’s building in a bid to get authorities to drop the project

The ambassadorial candidate will be responsible for faithfully implementing the immigration and anti-drug policies of the incoming Republican president

The Central American country is in negotiations for a $1.3 billion loan, with the financial organization conditioning the aid on changes to the Bitcoin Law, according to the ‘Financial Times’

The retired colonel’s tenure as ambassador to El Salvador lasted less than two years, but it was enough for him to forge a personal friendship with President Nayib Bukele. During the country’s civil war in the 1980s, he led combat and counterinsurgency operations

The next secretary of state, known for his tough stance on countries such as Cuba, is expected to put the region at the center of his agenda

The report, which elicited a furious response from the president and his brother, details the acquisition of 34 new properties valued at $9 million during the first five years of his administration

The new director of Amnesty International in the Americas has criticized the use of the military and heavy-handed measures to combat crime in the region: ‘The Armed Forces are not trained to ensure public safety’

Mexico will take Ecuador embassy raid to the International Court of Justice and asks the United Nations to suspend the Andean nation

The president has taken risks that were not well received by investors and foreign governments, such as making Bitcoin legal tender

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Chilean head of state reviews his time in office and addresses his political future. ‘The depth of the changes we imagined went against the grain of what the majority of people wanted. We changed our priorities and our speed, but not our principles,’ he says, at the halfway point of his administration

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

Authors María Esperanza Casullo and Harry Brown analyze the rise to power of radical leaders supported by discontented societies: ‘Populism is a warning about what has gone wrong in democracy’

The region’s far-right leaders are waging a battle against the gains made by the feminist movement

President Nayib Bukele, who won a controversial re-election bid earlier this month, affirms that he will not allow ‘gender ideology in schools’