Nayib Bukele

A 14-member working group has published a document calling for an end to sanctions, a robust economic reform, and a negotiated transition

Washington’s retreat from the rules-based order has weakened confidence in multilateralism and emboldened authoritarian leaders and populists, study finds

President Nayib Bukele claims that years of gang violence have left 80,000 people missing. However, the Legislative Assembly has rejected a proposed bill centered around the search for the disappeared, leaving families feeling helpless

Around 170,000 Salvadorans will lose protection from deportation on September 9

The Central American leader marks 100 days in office in a confrontation with the judiciary. She denies authoritarian intent under her mandate and defends her loyalty to former president Rodrigo Chaves, her political godfather and most powerful minister

An indictment by Salvadoran prosecutors reveals the discovery of more than 20 clandestine graves in Nuevo Cuscatlán, the town the president once held up as a model of public safety during his time as mayor

The election of Abelardo de la Espriella as Colombia’s president marks the latest advance of leaders and movements that are reshaping the political map of the region. With the notable exceptions of Mexico and Brazil, the right is gaining ground and threatening to roll back many of the political and social advances of recent decades

Court records and testimony from defense attorneys show how prosecutors and the courts are securing convictions based on opaque police files, anonymous allegations and trials conducted behind closed doors

Peru is the latest country to turn to the Army for public-order duties, an exceptional practice that carries risks for civil rights and that has become normalized in the region’s fight against drug trafficking

With his candidacy for a third term already formalized, the promise of alternation goes up in smoke in a country where the Constitution is being rewritten to suit the president

Back in the 1980s, during the armed conflict that gripped El Salvador, Zacamil was the site of massacres. But today, dozens of artists are restoring the historic neighborhood with murals. The project aims to reclaim public spaces, rebuild the social fabric, and restore dignity to a devastated area

As the presidential family expands its real estate empire, lax fiscal controls and suspect loans open the way for a new club of millionaires in the Central American country

The lawyer receives her sister after over 440 days in detention under judicial limbo

Leaders such as Trump, Milei and Bukele raise these assets as a banner to attract disenchanted citizens while profiting from their popularity

The president-elect of Colombia has supported building mega-prisons, scaling back bureaucracy and withdrawing the country from the United Nations system. He’ll face opposition from half the country

Right-wing governments are now in power in 12 countries in their various forms, as hardline security policies, rollbacks of women’s and minority rights, and alliances in Trump’s orbit gain ground

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