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Trump's Friendship Isn't Enough For Investors: His Closest Allies Run Some Of Latin America's Riskiest Countries

Some of Latin America's most Trump-friendly governments are still being treated by investors as risky bets, according to J.P. Morgan country-risk data, a reminder that access to Washington does not automatically translate into confidence on Wall Street.

International Business Times

Salvadoran Man Says He Suffered Stroke While Awaiting Deportation to Torture Prison

The man believed he would be sent to supermax prison where the Salvadoran government, paid by the U.S., tortured Venezuelan deportees last year.

Capital & Main

Pope names Catholic priest who criticized Trump as West Virginia bishop

The Catholic Church has consistently championed the humane treatment of migrants and refugees globally

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South Carolina woman meets Jonah Hill during El Salvador retreat, tells her fiancé, then ends her six-month engagement

This isn’t the kind of story you hear every day. Just a day ago, @harpsurfs uploaded a video on her TikTok where she talked about how actor Jonah Hill contributed to her breakup with her boyfriend, with whom she was engaged for six months and was planning to marry. Although…

The Mary Sue

CBS reporter publicly shreds Bari Weiss takeover as spreading ‘corporate meddling and editorial fear’

60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi clashed with Weiss last year over her report on migrants deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison

The Independent UK

In Colombia and Brazil, presidential candidates offer old solutions to old problems

On May 31st, Colombian voters will go to the polls with Abelardo de la Espriella – criminal lawyer, self-styled outsider, and self-described “Tiger” – securing his place in the runoff against left-wing Iván Cepeda. In Brazil, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro – the son of incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro – is…

The Conversation

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Who Is the USWNT’s Opponent in 2027 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers?

Emma Hayes’s team will head to Texas in November looking to book its spot in next summer’s World Cup in Brazil.

Sports Illustrated

Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members in El Salvador face a sweeping mass trial

Nearly 500 alleged gang leaders face a collective trial in El Salvador, a practice criticized by human rights groups

The Independent UK

How US presidents shift controversial actions abroad to get around limits at home

When Donald Trump deported a group of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador in 2025, it was the fulfilment of a long-held wish. Across both of his administrations Trump has pushed officials to find ways to brutalise immigrants, particularly those who are undocumented, believing that doing so will deter others from…

The Conversation

Active-duty US Army sergeant's wife detained by ICE in Texas, could be deported to Mexico

Sergeant First Class Jose Serrano, an active-duty US Army sergeant who served the military for 27 years, including several in Afghanistan, said the ICE is out of control after his wife Deisy Rivera Ortega, an El Salvadorian by birth, was detained by the ICE on April 14 in Texas. Ortega…

The Times of India

US Appeals Court Blocks Judge from Pursuing Contempt Proceedings Over Trump's Deportation Flights

The US Supreme Court has blocked contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over deportation flights, citing insufficient grounds for criminal charges and potential overreach by Judge Boasberg.

International Business Times UK

Federal charges filed against man shot by ICE agents during raid

The encounter was among a string of shootings during the Trump administration’s aggressive push to detain and deport immigrants in the country illegally

The Independent UK

Man shot by ICE in California has been arrested by the FBI, attorney says

The attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an enforcement stop in California says his client was arrested by the FBI after being discharged from a hospital

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An attorney for a man shot by ICE in California says his client denies being a gang member

The attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California says his client is recovering after three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds and that he denies being a gang member

The Independent UK

Man shot by ICE in California is not gang member, attorney says

The attorney disputed claims that Mendoza has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

The Conversation

Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled their home country of El Salvador and headed for Philadelphia, via Mexico, in November 1983.

The Independent UK

From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's fight with the Trump administration

Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it

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ICE agents shoot man in California wanted in El Salvador; suspect tried to run over officers

Federal immigration officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot a man on Tuesday morning during a law enforcement action in Stanislaus County, California, authorities said. The shooting occurred during a vehicle stop along Interstate 5 near Sperry Avenue in Patterson.

International Business Times

Elon Musk Endorses Bukele on Victims Rights Over Killers in Viral X Post as El Salvador Crime Plummets

Elon Musk threw his weight behind El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday, replying "Exactly" to a viral video clip in which Bukele questioned why some activists seem more concerned with the human rights of killers than with the rights of women who don't want to be raped or children…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Saudi Arabia urging US to keep up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms

Mohammed bin Salman said to consider war a ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East. Plus, Senate passes funding package for Homeland Security that excludes ICE

The Guardian - US

Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison

Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility

Latin Times

Venezuelan Deported to El Salvador Prison Sues U.S. For More Than $1 Million Over Abuse: 'I Thought About Hanging Myself'

A Venezuelan man deported from the United States and detained in El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison has filed a federal lawsuit seeking at least $1.3 million in damages, alleging he was subjected to abuse amounting to torture.

The Independent UK

Venezuelan sues Trump administration for $1.3M over ‘government-sanctioned torture’ at notorious El Salvador prison

Neiyerver Adrián León Rengel said he spent four months in El Salvador’s CECOT prison

The Independent UK

El Salvador's Bukele proposes life prison sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of population

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war on gangs

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