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El Salvador
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San Salvador
Head of State
President Nayib Bukele
Head of Government
President Nayib Bukele
Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores (left) watches as two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza is held by her mother Yorely Escarleth Bernal Inciarte at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Wednesday. Photo: Miraflores press office via AP
Americas and the Caribbean

2-year-old girl reunites with mother in Venezuela after US deportation

Maikelys Espinoza was separated from her parents when they were removed from the US in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.

Religion

America’s first pope once leveled criticism at Trump and Vance. Maga is not amused

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United States

US judge temporarily blocks deportation of Asian migrants to Libya

Donald Trump

US judge bars Trump’s use of wartime law to deport Venezuelans

Ruling marks the biggest setback yet for Trump to deport suspected gang members under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act.

Inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Photo: Reuters
United States

El Salvadore’s Bukele suggests prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuela deportees

Proposal comes as El Salvador has come under international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the US.

Donald Trump

Man wrongly deported from US says he’s been moved from El Salvador mega-prison

The update came from Senator Chris Van Hollen after he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the centre of a debate on rights and immigration.

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Donald Trump

Judge finds cause to hold Trump admin in contempt for El Salvador deportations

The administration did not turn around planes carrying deportees to a notorious prison despite an order from the court.

Salvadoran police officers escort an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March. Photo: Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia via Reuters
Donald Trump

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported migrant to US

Trump administration has been ordered by a court to facilitate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was deported without due process.

United States

Supreme Court says Trump admin must help bring back man sent to El Salvador

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported and put in a notorious prison in his native country despite being in the US legally.

United States

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador by US must stay for now, Supreme Court says

US district judge earlier had found US had no authority to detain and deport migrant who lived in Maryland legally and ordered his return.

A man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Wednesday. Photo: US District Court for the District of Maryland via AP
United States

US deports man with legal status to El Salvador prison because of ‘error’

Government lawyers argue that despite the mistake, US courts did not have jurisdiction to secure Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release.

Alleged Venezuelan gang members deported by the US sit on the floor before they are imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in footage obtained in March. Photo: Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia via Reuters
United States

US homeland security chief warns migrants in visit to El Salvador mega-jail

Kristi Noem’s trip to CECOT comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting the ‘worst of the worst’.

Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela to resume US deportation flights after citizens sent to El Salvador

Caracas is seeking the return of its ‘kidnapped’ citizens, who were moved to a Salvadorean high-security facility by Trump’s administration.

Mexico

Mexico seeks to prevent US from deporting Mexicans to Guantanamo Bay

President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexicans should be sent only to Mexico as US ramps up deportations.

Holding tents for detained migrants at the United States’ Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: US Navy via Reuters
Donald Trump

US labels 8 drug cartels as terrorist groups as part of Trump border crackdown

The label is normally reserved for groups like al-Qaeda or Isis that use violence for political ends, not for money-focused crime rings.

A truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, in January 2023 after Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzman, a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss “El Chapo”, seting off gunfights and roadblocks. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

American prisoners could soon be bound for El Salvador’s jails

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump’s administration was ‘profoundly grateful’ for the ‘offer of friendship’ to house US prisoners.

US-China relations

Eyeing China, Rubio makes Central America his first trip as top US diplomat

Countering Beijing and ‘deepening economic partnerships’ to boost regional prosperity said to be on agenda in tour that starts in Panama.

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Bitcoin

El Salvador’s President Bukele triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true

As bitcoin surpassed US$100,000 for first time, value of El Salvador government’s reported investment now stands at more than US$600 million.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. Photo: AP
Art

Mural paintings make a bullet-scarred neighbourhood ‘proud’

Civil war and gang violence left a Central American neighbourhood scarred. Painting huge murals on housing blocks heralds a brighter future.

Americas and the Caribbean

El Salvador’s Bukele threatens to hit price gougers with anti-gang tactics

The self-styled ‘world’s coolest dictator’ warned that he was ‘not playing around’ and that he expected prices to come down ‘by tomorrow’.

Americas and the Caribbean

El Salvador’s President Bukele declares landslide victory in election

‘World’s Coolest Dictator’ Nayib Bukele claims a second five-year term in El Salvador, riding a wave of support for his no-limit ‘war’ on gangs.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his wife Gabriela Rodriguez wave to supporters from the balcony of the presidential palace in San Salvador. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

‘World’s Coolest Dictator’ set for landslide election win for war on gangs

In less than five years, President Nayib Bukele has transformed El Salvador from a country infamous for its record on murder and gangs to a nation with one of the lowest homicide rates in the Americas.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. Photo: AFP
Fifa

Messi, Suarez exit at half-time as Hong Kong-bound Inter Miami start world tour

Low-key debut for Suarez as marquee stars play first half in El Salvador, before hectic preseason schedule takes them to Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.

Americas and the Caribbean

Nicaragua wins Miss Universe for first time as Pakistan, Portugal make history

Miss Nicaragua took the crown in El Salvador, as multiple contestants made history, including the first participant to wear a burkini and the pageant’s first transgender contestant to place in the top 20.

Americas and the Caribbean

Inside El Salvador ‘mega prison’ holding 12,000 accused gang members

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s relentless war on gangs is steadily filling the cellblocks of a massive prison that may be Latin America’s largest.

The prison, formally known as the Terrorism Confinement Centre, was built to hold 40,000 inmates. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet Rikkie Kolle, the first transgender woman to win Miss Netherlands

The 22-year-old called her historic beauty pageant win ‘the big dream’ and will go on to compete for the Miss Universe crown in El Salvador – but how did she get here?

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Rikkie Valerie Kolle, the first transgender woman to be crowned Miss Netherlands in 94 years, puts on her makeup in Voorthuizen, Netherlands, on July 12. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

‘Dictator of El Salvador’ basks in popularity as he wages war on gangs

In his four years as president, Nayib Bukele has shaken up El Salvador: consolidating power, making Bitcoin legal tender and building the largest prison in the Americas.

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Fifa

Fifa statement after football stadium stampede kills at least 12 in El Salvador

Initial reports point to crush of fans trying to enter Cuscatlan Stadium in San Salvador to watch match between Alianza and FAS, authorities say.

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