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In El Salvador, A River Without Fish Feeds Fear Of Mining

El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. In the community of Santa Rosa de Lima, a two-hour drive from the capital San Salvador, wastewater still flows directly into the San Sebastian river from a nearby hill where a gold mine operated for 100 years until 2006.

International Business Times

USCIS will open the first ever field office in South America

Quito, Ecuador, will become only the sixth city in Latin America to host a USCIS office after Guatemala City, Mexico City, Havana, San Salvador and Tegucigalpa

Latin Times

Salvadorans honoring Saint Óscar Romero: During these difficult times, he is like a ray of hope

Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero's pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018

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Portraits from El Salvador's nearly 2-year, sprawling crackdown on gang suspects

Salvadoran photographer Carlos Barrera takes a look at the nearly two years of human rights violations allegedly committed by the government of El Salvador during the country's state of emergency.

WEKU

Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has won plaudits both at home and abroad for his indiscriminate security crackdown that has seen more than 1% of the country's population put in prison.

WEKU

Most Affordable Travel Destinations For Backpackers In 2024: Enjoy Without Breaking The Bank

If you want to go backpacking this year, check out our list of most affordable travel destinations for backpackers.

International Business Times

Zuleyka Rivera posts stylishly dressed adventurous Instagram pictures from El Salvador

Zuleyka Rivera shares a photo on Instagram, stylishly dressed in grey, ready for fun. The picture was taken in El Salvador, San Salvador.

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Authorities investigate El Salvador stadium crush with at least 12 people dead

The incident happened during a match between Alianza and FAS at the Cuscatlan Stadium in San Salvador.

The Independent UK

At least 12 people dead after crowd crush at football stadium in El Salvador

At least 12 people have died and more than 100 were injured in a crush at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, the nation’s capital

The Guardian - UK

El Salvador stadium crush: At least 12 dead after stampede at football match

The tragedy occurred during a match in the capital San Salvador

Evening Standard

9 dead in El Salvador stadium stampede at football match: police

Nine people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said.

Bangkok Post

Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep

Several hundred people in El Salvador took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the year-long anti-gang policies of President Nayib Bukele, many demanding the release of relatives they say have been unjustly caught up in the sweeping dragnet.

Reuters

El Salvador vows gang crackdown will go on as citizens cheer safer streets

El Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be maintained until all criminals are captured, the country's security minister told Reuters.

Reuters

El Salvador conducts anti-drug military operation on Christmas Eve

El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said on Saturday, part of the country's controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs.

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El Salvador deploys 10,000 troops to gang-run capital suburb

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

The Independent UK

Reviving Mexico's groundbreaking muralism a century later

Artists in a small Mexican town are using their talents to revive muralism, a movement that put the country at the vanguard of art a century ago

The Independent UK

Salvadoran Archbishop praises government crackdown on gangs

The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador is praising a months-long state of emergency that has rounded of tens of thousands of suspects in a crackdown on gangs

Irish Mirror

Referee dies after being viciously attacked by players and fans over red card

Jose Arnaldo Anaya, 63, passed away as a result of internal bleeding he sustained while officiating a match at the Toluca Stadium in Miramont, San Salvador, last weekend

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Daily Mirror

Referee dies after attack by players and supporters for showing red card in El Salvador

Jose Arnaldo Anaya, 63, passed away as a result of internal injuries sustained while officiating the match at the Toluca Stadium in Miramont, San Salvador, last weekend

The Guardian - UK

World’s most violent cities: Medellín crime surge helps Latin America top list

Region has two-thirds of world’s most dangerous cities, with Bogotá, Rio, Mexico City and San Salvador also named in study

Los Angeles Times

In response to killings, El Salvador’s bitcoin president attacks civil liberties

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — After a dramatic spike in killings here over a single weekend last month, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s reaction was swift — and extreme.

The Guardian - US

El Salvador reels as 6,000 people arrested in unprecedented crackdown

Authoritarian populist president Nayib Bukele has suspended rights in state of emergency justified as attack on MS13 gang

Los Angeles Times

El Salvador's president buys Bitcoins 'naked,' he boasts. His experiment is costing his nation millions

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Four months into El Salvador's experiment as the first and only country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal currency, the International Monetary Fund had seen enough.

Reuters

Salvadoran women freed from jail after abortion convictions seek clemency for others

Four Salvadoran women recently freed from prison after a judicial review of their convictions for aggravated homicide following miscarriages called on Tuesday for another 12 women being prosecuted in El Salvador under similar circumstances to have their charges quashed.

Los Angeles Times

In Latin America's new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats?

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president and the Chinese ambassador traded flatteries this month as they broke ground on a new national library, one of a slew of gifts China has promised this small mountainous nation as part of its vigorous quest to gain influence across Central America.

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