A previously unknown report alleges that the president of El Salvador cultivated a close relationship with the former US ambassador to the country and current representative in Mexico, Ronald D. Johnson, and asked him to fire a contractor who was helping to investigate senior Salvadoran officials
On the outskirts of San Salvador, a real estate company is threatening to evict the residents of the Primero de Diciembre neighborhood. This pattern is playing out across the country amid a rapid wave of land privatization and gentrification
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician describes the state of political resistance, denounces harassment, and shares her fears about living in a country without judicial guarantees
Military operations in the Caribbean have been accompanied by a strategy of pressure through intimidating messages
New legislative reforms join other tough measures against any suspected gang member approved during over three years of the emergency regime in El Salvador
The government has instigated a tightening of rules of conduct as part of the war against gangs
The Venezuelan stylist, one of the 252 men deported by the United States to a third nation for the first time, is trying to rebuild his life after four months of detention
Recently, the provocateur has gone from being a marginal figure of the so-called ‘Dark Enlightenment’ to placing himself at the center of the American ideological war, cast as a kind of oracle to the MAGA universe
The annual report criticizes Germany for its laws against far-right speech and refrains from censuring Israel’s actions in Gaza
Rwanda is the latest nation to accept citizens of other nationalities amid allegations of repression and torture at Trump’s chosen destinations
The State Department supports the measure taken by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, loyal to the president, which allows Washington’s main ally in Central America to remain in power
The constitutional reform that allows for indefinite re-election in El Salvador is just the president’s most recent move to cling to office
The reform, endorsed by a Legislative Assembly loyal to the president, modifies the foundations of El Salvador’s electoral rules
The artist recounts the beatings he endured, some for daring to sing, during the four months he was imprisoned in El Salvador’s Cecot
Migrants deported from the US to El Salvador and now returned to Venezuela tell EL PAÍS about four months of continuous punishment and total uncertainty about their fate
Dahud Hanid Ortiz landed Friday in Texas from Caracas, where he was sentenced to 30 years for a crime committed in the Spanish capital in 2016
In response to UN inquiries, Salvadoran authorities denied past US claims and stated that they have only facilitated the use of their infrastructure
García Harfuch has presented a police and intelligence initiative targeting the criminal charges imposed on both large and small businesses
The UN warns that Bukele may be responsible for enforced disappearances of Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador. And in Costa Rica, the Supreme Court has ordered the release of individuals deported by the US
The Salvadoran national Jordin Melgar-Salmerón was sent to his home country in May despite a court ban
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang
The delegation has gone to various judicial and government agencies without receiving a response, and plans to ask the Pope for help
The latest poll gives the Salvadoran president an 85% approval rating, and only 1.4% of respondents believe that the concentration of power in a single figure is a problem for the country
In his annual address to the nation to observe his six years in power, the Central American leader attacked human rights groups and the media
A report contradicts the government’s claim that it has only expelled undocumented immigrants
Ronald Johnson, a CIA veteran and former Green Beret, is bringing a tough new style that favors military action against the cartels
The president’s approval ratings remain high as he nears six years in power, but both his image and leadership have evolved significantly