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The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

Ecuador is copying El Salvador’s war on gangs – but it will only add to the spiral of violence

Latin Americans besieged by organised crime may be willing to overlook a turn towards authoritarianism, but at what cost, asks Buenos Aires-based journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK

How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis

Ecuador was until relatively recently seen as one of the safest countries in Latin America.

The Conversation

Tragic crash: Serial DUI offender kills mother and son

Tragedy strikes as an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, previously deported four times, faces vehicular homicide charges for killing a mother and her son...

Top News

Amid Argentina's Currency Woes, Expert Santiago Siri Lauds the Potential of Bitcoin

Milei leans towards dollarization as a solution to address inflation; Santiago Siri says the new President is "missing a tremendous opportunity"

Latin Times

El Salvador’s Bitcoin ‘Volcano Bond’ could be issued early next year after approval by regulator

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele first announced the Volcano Bond in 2021.

Fortune

El Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Now it’s offering citizenship for a $1 million ‘investment’

The Central American nation led by Nayib Bukele is partnering with the controversial stablecoin Tether on the initiative.

Fortune

El Salvador's Bitcoin Investment Sees Over $3M Gains Amid Crypto Rally

Bukele said that it has never been El Salvador's objective to sell its Bitcoin and while he confirmed that they are well aware the crypto asset's price will fluctuate, he underlined that it does not impact the country's long-term strategy.

International Business Times

El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports

A report by Amnesty International says El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country's 1980-1992 civil war, because of President Nayib Bukele's harsh anti-gang crackdown

The Independent UK

Bitcoin in El Salvador: Bukele Celebrates Profits after BTC Surpasses $42,000

Bukele highlighted the balance as he criticized the media for writing articles when it was in the red. "We have no intention of selling," he said

Latin Times

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The Independent UK

Detainees in El Salvador's gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail

Thousands of detainees swept up in El Salvador's gang crackdown over the past 1 1/2 years have been released from pre-trial detention

The Independent UK

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown

Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country

The Times of India

Sheynnis Palacios from Nicaragua crowned Miss Universe 2023

Miss Universe 2022, R’Bonney Gabriel, crowned Sheynnis Palacios from Nicaragua Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador just minutes ago, making her the Miss Universe 2023, winner of the 72nd Miss Universe pageant.

The Independent UK

El Salvador's Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president

The Miss Universe competition hosted by El Salvador is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation

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The Independent UK

Authorities in El Salvador dismantle smuggling ring, arrest 10 including 2 police officers

Police in El Salvador have arrested 10 people accused of operating a migrant smuggling ring

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on Central America leaving at least 2 dead

Tropical Storm Pilar is lashing Central America with heavy rains that have already been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Pilar heads toward El Salvador and is expected to bring heavy rain to Central America

Tropical Storm Pilar threatened to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to El Salvador and other parts of Central America as it sat just off the Pacific coast

WEKU

A survivor recalls horrors of Mexico's migrant center fire that almost killed him

A man from El Salvador describes inhumane treatment by Mexican authorities leading up to the deadly fire at a migration detention in Mexico in March.

The Independent UK

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

With tattoo-covered faces, wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison

The Guardian - US

‘It has a price’: war photographer Corinne Dufka on capturing conflict

The esteemed photographer has spent more then a decade in places such as Bosnia and Liberia, remembered in a powerful new book

The Independent UK

El Salvador's leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly

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