News

Hundreds of children went missing during El Salvador's long and brutal civil war.
Authorities in El Salvador may be refocusing policies once used to attack organized crime on political opponents now.
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief willing to break norms to save his country. Critics say he's just an old ...
Roque Dalton was killed 50 years ago this week. His words live on, as does his memory. This is episode 30 of Stories of Resistance.
This week’s White House meeting between President Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered a crucial opportunity. It should have marked an era of renewed U.S. engagement with our ...
In El Salvador, thousands of innocent people have been locked up in Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs. But family members are standing up. And on May 1 they march. This is episode 26 of Stories ...
President Trump on Monday suggested U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes could be sent to El Salvador, saying "homegrowns are next." ...
El Salvador’s Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Venezuela for U.S. deportees Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele leaves the White House after an April 14, 2025, meeting with President Trump.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has demanded El Salvador release hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported from the United States, who he described as being “kidnapped,” after his ...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, has been in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center for almost a month. Here’s everything that’s happened since he was arrested on March 12.
For José Pérez, this week’s meeting of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele with President Donald Trump at the White House was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. The 35-year ...
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced Tuesday night that he will travel to El Salvador to check on the condition of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.