As with Nicaragua a decade ago, there is a hidden explanation for El Salvador’s improved security situation under Bukele.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the growing threats, judicial persecution, and financial asphyxiation measures ...

We look at the other part of Jeff Sessions’ order: people facing gang violence also won’t qualify for asylum. This mainly affects Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The US Agency for International ...

The Washington Post reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to return MS-13 informants who were in U.S. custody to El Salvador — to secure access to El Salvador's most notorious prison.

El Salvador seized packages containing 1.4 tons of cocaine floating in the Pacific Ocean, President Nayib Bukele said Tuesday, calling it a strike "against international drug trafficking." The ...

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

Federal prosecutors say eight MS-13 members have pleaded guilty to racketeering charges tied to a string of killings in which victims were beaten or hacked to death, and photos of their bodies were ...

The war-torn history of Arturo Menéndez’s native country, El Salvador, has yet to defeat his passion for cinematic arts. One of his short films, “Parávolar,” started garnering attention for the young ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes El Salvador’s passage of legislation to protect, aid and offer durable solutions to people internally displaced in the Central American nation due to violence ...

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has taken another step to reshape the country’s education system. On Thursday, he declared a complete ban on what he calls “inclusive language” across all public ...