Seven years ago, El Salvador banned all mining for metals to protect its water supply. But now the government seems to be making moves to reverse the ban – and environmental activists are in th...
The employees, who made clothes for western clothing brands, were legally entitled to the money after losing their jobs More than £4bn in wages has been withheld from millions of garment worke...
Voters reward Bukele for gang crackdown that has transformed security in central American country El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has won a thumping victory in elections after voters c...
Nayib Bukele has won a thumping victory in presidential elections in El Salvador after voters cast aside concerns about erosion of democracy to reward him for a fierce crackdown on gangs that has...
Legislation passed in 2017 put a halt to industrial mining but as the central American country goes to the polls, the government has hinted at its return Words and photographs by Camilo Freedman ...
Nayib Bukele, 42, who brought security through mass roundups of alleged gang members, is ‘highly undemocratic, highly abusive – and highly popular’ Since 2019, El Salvador has shown two f...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/03/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-president-election
Latin Americans besieged by organised crime may be willing to overlook a turn towards authoritarianism, but at what cost? A wave of attacks carried out by criminal organisations last week in Ec...
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crises Human rights across the world are in a parlous state as ...
Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds Only a third of countries include sexual and reproductive ...
Organized crime groups have about 175,000 members and authors say the best way to reduce violence is to cut membership Organised crime groups in Mexico have about 175,000 members – making the...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/mexico-cartels-fifth-largest-employer-study
Congress passes bill that could allow 900 people to be tried together if they are accused of being in the same criminal group Nayib Bukele’s government has already locked up 2% of El Salvador...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/27/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-gangs-mass-trials
A Salvadoran newspaper reported 15,956 people died from the disease, three times more than President Bukele’s official numbers Nayib Bukele’s administration in El Salvador has come under f...
Barbers on Strike, author Michelle Recinos’s collection of short stories, has apparently upset strongman president Nayib Bukele First the soldiers came for those with mohawks. Then they came ...
President Nayib Bukele’s hardline campaign against gangs has won admirers at home and abroad. Look closer and its flaws are glaring Jailing 2% of your adult citizens turns out to be a surpris...
Human rights group’s 107-page report details human cost of President Nayib Bukele’s controversial ‘war on gangs’ The human cost of El Salvador ’s controversial “war on gangs” has ...
At least 12 people have died with more than 100 injured in a crowd crush at a football stadium in El Salvador , the Central American country’s government has confirmed. Alianza FC and Club Depo...
Incident occurred at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador President Nayib Bukele pledges ‘thorough investigation’ At least 12 people have died with more than 100 injured in a crowd crush...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/21/el-salvador-crowd-crush-cuscatlan-stadium
Rights groups say thousands of innocent people are being caught up in gang crackdown José Antonio Potes and his childhood friend Manuel Castrillón travelled to El Salvador hoping to find the ...
Agreement designed to curb increase of people arriving into US marks dramatic precedent for two countries, experts say An agreement between the United States and Mexico designed to curb the sur...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/05/us-mexico-border-immigration-deal
El Faro moves its headquarters to avoid ‘fabricated accusations’ after 25 years reporting on drug wars, crime and corruption El Faro has survived many pressures in its 25 years reporting o...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/19/el-faro-el-salvador-moves-nayib-bukele