El Salvador Education Minister José Mauricio Pineda made a significant announcement on Tuesday, confirming that all education materials related to “gender ideology” have been removed from public schools in the country. In a move signaling a shift in educational policy, the department
Over 40,000 children in El Salvador have experienced the detention of one or both parents as a result of President Nayib Bukele’s anti-gang campaign. Bukele’s campaign has led to the detention of over 76,000 Salvadorans, with families enduring long periods without news
Opposition to popular El Salvador leader may request nullification of congressional election results
As El Salvador’s electoral body begins a vote-by-vote count of last week’s election results, the political opposition warned Wednesday they could ask to nullify results of the legislative elections due to irregularities. No one questions the victory of highly popular President Nayib
The president of El Salvador quickly weighed in after news that former President Trump was kicked off the ballot in Colorado by criticizing the idea of “democracy” in the United States. “The United States has lost its ability to lecture any other country
Tropical Storm Pilar lashed Central America on Tuesday with heavy rains that have been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as the storm meanders off the Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday that Pilar was located about
With tattoo-covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison. Unveiled earlier this year, the prison 45 miles southeast of the capital now holds some 12,000
El Salvador sent more than 4,000 security forces into three communities on the outskirts of the capital to root out gang members Wednesday, as President Nayib Bukele prepared to request another extension of emergency powers to combat crime. Bukele announced the pre-dawn
El Salvador has launched a massive raid on street gang members, sending thousands of security personnel to Cabanas province to round up suspects. The latest move is part of a continuing crackdown on organised crime launched by the country’s President Nayib Bukele
El Salvador sent about 8,000 soldiers and police officers to comb the rural province of Cabañas for street gang members Tuesday, in one of the most massive raids since President Nayib Bukele declared a crackdown on the gangs in March 2022. About
El Salvador’s congress recently approved new legislation that paves the way for mass trials of alleged gang members, aiming to expedite the processing of tens of thousands of cases arising from the government’s crackdown on street gangs. These actions have led to