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Bukele, emboldened by Trump, is arresting prominent critics
While the Trump administration deepens ties with El Salvador, its millennial president is cracking down on dissenting lawyers, activists and journalists.
With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened ...
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El Salvador Children Demand the Right to Know Their Origins
A group of them are now struggling to adapt to a bittersweet process that still moves them: the joy of having found their ...
Top Salvadoran ex-military officers sentenced for wartime killing of Dutch journalists
A jury in El Salvador sentenced three retired high-ranking military officers to 15 years in prison for the murder of four ...
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El Salvador president attacks NGOs and press in defiant anniversary speech
By Mathew Cohen El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivered a defiant speech marking one year since his re-election, dismissing criticism of his authoritarian approach while doubling down on his ...
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Abrego Garcia lawyers blast ‘shocking proposition’ behind Trump admin resistance
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still imprisoned in El Salvador after the U.S. government illegally sent him there in March. According to the latest filing from his lawyers, the Trump administration is ...
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A lawyer's prolonged detention shows how El Salvador's gang emergency extends to common crimes
Read full article: Get 8 Japanese Master Chef knives in a gift box for just $109.97! SAN SALVADOR – El Salvador’s arrest of an anticorruption lawyer from a well-known human rights organization ...
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IAEA completes siting review for El Salvador
An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded a six-day Site and External Events Design mission to El Salvador, which is considering two candidate sites for its first nuclear ...
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IAEA Team Concludes Site and External Events Design Review for El Salvador’s First Nuclear Power Plant
An IAEA team of experts visited the candidate sites of El Salvador’s first nuclear power plant during a Site and External Events Design Review Service mission. (Photo: CEL) ...
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El Salvador’s Bukele Says He Doesn’t Care If He’s Called a Dictator
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele declared Sunday that he “doesn’t care” if people call him a dictator, amid mounting criticism over recent arrests of human rights activists and actions against ...
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Seis años de Bukele: Retroceso democrático de 40 años en El Salvador
El retroceso democrático y del estado de derecho en El Salvador en los últimos llegó a niveles de hace cuatro décadas. "A principios del siglo XXI, hubo una notable disminución en la ...
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‘We are under a dictatorship.’ Six years into his rule, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele tightens his grip
Nayib Bukele, the self-declared “world’s coolest dictator,” will mark six years as El Salvador’s president on Sunday, a period defined by contentious reforms, which critics say have ...