Why is El Salvador’s President Bukele targeting foreign-funded nonprofits? | Human Rights News
A new law, championed by President Nayib Bukele, is seen by advocates as an effort to stifle dissent in El Salvador.Human rights groups, politicians and…
Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and held in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — International human rights organizations on Friday filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El…
El Salvador’s Bukele suggests prisoner swap for Venezuelans deported by US | Migration News
El Salvador president says he is willing to repatriate deportees in exchange for release of ‘political prisoners.’El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed a prisoner…
Despite pressure from courts, Trump vows to keep Abrego Garcia from returning to U.S.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is embracing its legal fight over the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man accused of gang membership who was deported to…
Salvadoran president says he won’t return man deported by mistake
WASHINGTON — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he would not return to the United States a man who was wrongly deported by the Trump administration, despite…
Trump to meet Bukele as US deports more immigrants to El Salvador | Donald Trump News
The White House is set to welcome El Salvador’s president as Washington faces backlash over immigrant removals.US President Donald Trump will host El Salvador’s President…
Trump admin reveals status of erroneously deported man as Bukele visits White House
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in February 2025. File Photo by Eduardo Ribas/EPA-EFE April 13 (UPI) --…
Homeland Security secretary visits El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Tren…
Families of deported men say they were wrongly branded gang members
SAN SALVADOR — One is a former professional soccer player who, according to his lawyer, fled Venezuela after being tortured by the country’s authoritarian government.The other,…
News Analysis: The Trump administration’s budding bromance with El Salvador’s leader
GUATEMALA CITY — While the Biden administration criticized Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s strong-armed governing style, the Trump administration sees him as its new best friend in Latin…
Trump explores option to send jailed U.S. criminals to other countries
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — President Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent…
Rubio: El Salvador offers to accept deportees of any nationality from U.S.
SAN SALVADOR — Secretary of State Marco Rubio left El Salvador on Tuesday with an agreement from that country’s president to accept deportees from the U.S. of…
Trump officials aim to send Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador prisons
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Trump administration said Friday it was in talks with El Salvador to revive an agreement that could allow the United States…
Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost?
SAN SALVADOR — The last time I was in El Salvador, nearly a decade ago, the capital was gripped by the violence of gangs who terrified…
Trump’s foreign strategy rests on courting autocrats
SAN SALVADOR — When El Salvador’s autocratic president, Nayib Bukele, celebrated his inauguration this summer, guests of honor included Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson and Rep.…
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele cements power as he begins second term | Politics News
After February landslide win, 42-year-old set to govern for another five years with near-total control of parliament and other state institutions. El Salvador’s President Nayib…
El Salvador president gets big welcome at U.S. conservative event
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele received a rock-star welcome at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged people to “unapologetically fight”…
El Salvador votes with Nayib Bukele poised for second presidential term | Elections News
The country is voting in both presidential and legislative polls; incumbent Bukele faces virtually no competition. Voters in El Salvador are casting their ballots in…
‘Trapped in this hell’: How one El Salvador town transformed under Bukele | Human Rights News
Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador – The day the military swept through Puerto el Triunfo is etched into Rosa’s memory like a painful scar. Rosa,…
The Bukele Effect – Modern Diplomacy
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has been making his mark on Salvadoran society as a president focused on security and violence reduction through his “Mano…