The far‑right candidate presents his tough-on-crime program at a time when polls show his rival, President Lula, taking a bigger lead
Created using Bukele’s maximum-security model, the new Ecuadorian prison has been criticized for negligence, outbreaks of fatal diseases, and government secrecy that has left families in legal limbo
Director Andrés Torres Checka and Mexican actress Eréndira Ibarra tell the story of the FMLN’s legendary station at a time when Bukele is imposing fierce historical revisionism
Security details and armored cars are part of the landscape in a country accustomed to violence, where security has become a profitable industry
Human rights defenders criticize the process, calling it a judicial ‘shortcut’ that seeks convictions instead of establishing individual accountability
A leaked police report reveals abuses and attempts to cover up homicides during the fight against gangs in El Salvador
Trial opens against the leaders of MS-13, accused of rebellion and of ordering a massacre that triggered the country’s state of emergency
Internal intelligence documents reveal that 36% of those captured during the state of emergency were not profiled as criminals before the measure was implemented
The opposition and human rights organizations criticize the decision as an excessive concession to Washington
The government criticized a report by international legal experts that warns of crimes against humanity in the Central American country and lashed out at human rights organizations: ‘Go to hell’
At least five prisoners remain cut off from all contact in Salvadoran jails, a year after the US president ordered their unprecedented expulsion as alleged gang members
The Salvadoran president has accepted multimillion-dollar donations from China for flagship projects while strengthening his alliance with Washington
Xiomara Castro imposed a state of emergency similar to El Salvador’s, restricting rights and deploying the army in the streets, but criminal groups control large areas of one of Central America’s most violent countries
The politician from the Central American country defends the president’s ‘strong leadership’ model and, despite criticism from the international media, asserts that ‘everywhere, they want a Bukele’
With Donald Trump at the helm, a diverse far-right movement made up of libertarians, paleoconservatives and neo-reactionaries seeks to change the world by reversing the values of the Enlightenment. Several recently published books have examined this phenomenon
According to the investigation, the president received nearly $3.3 million from companies linked to the Alba Petróleos consortium
The Central American country is under a state of emergency after a massacre of police officers that calls into question the state’s ability to deal with the violence of an army of 30,000 gang members
Under the US president’s approach, the region is once again subject to a relationship shaped by coercion and strategic calculation
A report by Humanitarian Legal Relief documents that 31.8% of the deceased died violently, while a similar number lost their lives due to lack of medical attention
The US border czar, a defender of some of Trump’s most controversial immigration policies, has extensive experience in law enforcement
The authorities have deployed the army to patrol the streets, but the response has had little impact on the gangs or a judicial system riddled with corruption
The most unsettling issue is not that the authoritarians are winning. It’s that those who should be opposing them seem to have forgotten why
Bari Weiss, the new anti-woke head of CBS News, removed a ‘60 Minutes’ segment at the last minute after the White House declined to comment
Brayan Palencia was one of more than 200 migrants sent by the United States to Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison CECOT for alleged links to criminal gangs
As drug production and trafficking increase across the continent, criminal groups of all sizes are diversifying their operations and increasing their firepower. Governments, meanwhile, stumble between hard-line policies and paralysis
The former vice president of Colombia, who is a leading security experts in Latin America, analyzes the critical moment the region is facing and its key challenges
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights demands information from the Central American leader regarding their situation