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With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened ...
Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump
Senate Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to hold the Salvadoran government “accountable" for its alleged “collusion ...
New York Post1mon
Why El Salvador’s ‘mega’ prisons are making the world safer
This week’s White House meeting between President Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered a crucial opportunity. It should have marked an era of renewed US engagement with our ...
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)2d
EL SALVADOR: New Foreign Agents Law Threatens Rights and Freedoms of Civil Society Organizations and the Media
In the context of serious human rights setbacks, the weakening of the rule of law, and the dismantling of institutional ...
New Republic2mon
Homeland Security Secretary Slammed for Stunt at El Salvador Prison
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where U.S. deportees ... that the second lady’s trip to Greenland was canceled, because apparently ...
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El Salvador's President Bukele says he won't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to U.S.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says he won't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States, after Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters it's "up to El Salvador" whether the man ...
Los Angeles Times29d
What El Salvador’s Bukele, a hero for the American right, isn’t showing the world
President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace to El Salvador, but the price, some Salvadorans say, has been the loss of civil liberties. “We used to be afraid of the gangs ...
Forbes20d
El Salvador
The smallest country in Central America geographically, El Salvador has the fourth largest economy in the region. With the global recession, real GDP contracted in 2009 and economic growth has ...
The Washington Post1mon
El Salvador wants America’s prisoners. And its tourists.
EL SUNZAL, El Salvador — The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers paddled out to catch breaking waves. Families on ...