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Hundreds of children went missing during El Salvador's long and brutal civil war.
A federal judge says the Trump administration must give migrants sent to an El Salvador prison a chance to challenge their removals.
IMF Says 'Efforts Will Continue' to Ensure El Salvador Doesn't Accumulate More BTC El Salvador has kept purchasing bitcoin, but the IMF seems unfazed.
Why is El Salvador’s President Bukele targeting foreign-funded nonprofits? A new law, championed by President Nayib Bukele, is seen by advocates as an effort to stifle dissent in El Salvador.
El Salvador authorities have arrested Ruth López, a prominent anti-corruption and human rights attorney with Cristosal.
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 ...
It Shouldn’t Be So Lenient on Cryptocurrency. El Salvador’s bitcoin project risks the country’s economy and the IMF’s credibility. Post by Samuel Johnson-Saeger May 13, 2025 3:02 pm (EST) ...
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.
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 ...
As court disputes heat up over the Trump administration's deportations of alleged criminal migrants to El Salvador, legal experts tell DW what's at stake for both detainees and the rule of law.
House GOP committee chairs are denying Democrats’ requests to travel to El Salvador and visit its CECOT prison facility to check on a mistakenly deported man and for oversight.
El Salvador’s leader, Nayib Bukele, has cut a deal with Trump to house alleged gang members deported from the US.