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Venezuelans whom President Donald Trump sent to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison describe being beaten and sexually assaulted. The U.S. and the European Union reach a long-awaited trade agreement.
A Venezuelan man who was deported from California to El Salvador and held at one of the country's infamous prisons recounts ...
A labor rights group in El Salvador has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a controversial “foreign agents” law.
“We’re living through a moment where history is repeating itself,” said Ingrid Escobar, leader of the human rights legal group Socorro Juridico, who fled El Salvador with her two children. “We’ve lost ...
El Salvador released 200 Venezuelans held in a notorious prison in exchange for Venezuela freeing 10 American nationals and ...
A federal judge says the Trump administration must give migrants sent to an El Salvador prison a chance to challenge their removals.
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López.
El Salvador’s top independent investigative news outlet moved its headquarters to Costa Rica in 2023. More of its journalists left the country this month.
President Trump’s decision to send migrants to a Salvadoran prison has set off a national debate in the U.S. In El Salvador, the phenomenon of men disappearing into prisons is all too familiar.
President Trump on Monday suggested U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes could be sent to El Salvador, saying "homegrowns are next." ...
El Salvador announced a new AI collaboration with computer chip-making giant Nvidia, aiming to improve healthcare, education and infrastructure.