Nayib Bukele

Relatives of the victims of the latest massacre at the Guayaquil penitentiary have been waiting for days to identify the bodies of their loved ones

The president of the Central American country has imposed a ‘state of exception,’ which gives him unprecedented powers. He has removed citizens’ rights, imposed censorship and consolidated an authoritarian system. Bukele argues that these measures are necessary to put an end to rampant violence

The change formalizes a practice that the Salvadoran justice system had already been carrying out. Critics warn that the move violates people’s right to a fair trial

The maximum security mega-complex will be located in a Caribbean archipelago. ‘The idea is for criminals to lose touch with everything,’ says the government

The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch regrets that the final declaration of the EU-CELAC summit does not openly condemn the region’s authoritarian regimes

Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali, have proposed building prisons inspired by Nayib Bukele’s crusade against crime

The Salvadoran president formalized his candidacy for re-election this Sunday, despite the fact that the Constitution prohibits him from doing so. Amid criticism for his authoritarian model, he has defended himself, saying ‘I am not a dictator’

Mothers, sisters and wives of at least 35 unjustly detained people in El Salvador ask the government of Gustavo Petro to help them guarantee the human rights of their relatives

The country has started a Nayib Bukele-inspired mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last week that killed 11 people

The Constitutional Chamber of the country’s Supreme Court, handpicked by his supporters in congress, ruled in 2021 that his candidacy for reelection was permitted and ordered the electoral court to allow it

With a hundred exiles and the rapid erosion of the separation of powers, Sunday’s contest is crucial in Central America, where leaders like Bukele and Ortega are seizing power and restricting rights

The mass arrests ordered by the president have forced women to take on heavier burdens. They have been looking after imprisoned relatives, while acting as caregivers for children and the elderly

The former Ecuadorian president is not ruling out convening a Constituent Assembly to invalidate the 2018 referendum that prevents him from running for reelection

The Salvadoran president’s formula has become well-known to citizens across Latin America, and the tough-talking, Bitcoin-loving leader enjoys approval ratings the envy of any world leader

To the chagrin of the West, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly defends his own position, whether that be on Venezuela or China

The former leader has taken refuge in Nicaragua, where he has been granted citizenship. He claims the sentence is ‘unfair’ and lacks evidence

Cristosal, the primary human rights organization in the Central American country, describes a regime of terror through interviews of hundreds of people who were mistakenly arrested or freed after being declared innocent

A survey found that 55% of Colombians would like to have a president like the one in El Salvador; meanwhile, some local candidates are promising to import his rigid security model

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 news and opinion writer just won Spain’s ‘Diario Madrid Award’ and was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute

José Wilfredo Ayala, second-in-command of the notorious MS-13 criminal organization and one the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, faces multiple charges in New York

Violence and organized crime are on the rise across the region, upending government plans and putting citizens on alert

The Salvadoran president has appointed two U.S. crypto investors to lead the country’s National Bitcoin Office, as the IMF issues more warnings about the country’s so-called volcano bonds

Two former inmates talk to EL PAÍS about the terrors they saw while imprisoned in the country’s jails, which are at breaking point due to Bukele’s controversial crackdown on gangs

One year ago, President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs, leading to the arrest of more than 65,000 people