Elections in Ecuador and Guatemala: Four Takeaways
Outsiders overperformed, underscoring the volatility of Latin American politics. Candidates calling to emulate El Salvador’s crackdown on crime did not do well.
El Salvador
Ecuador Reels From Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
The killing of Fernando Villavicencio marks a grim turning point for a once-tranquil country now awash in violence fueled by drug gangs.
El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up
Congress passes bill that could allow 900 people to be tried together if they are accused of being in the same criminal groupNayib Bukele’s government has already locked up 2% of El Salvador’s adult population and built the largest prison in the Americ…
Salvadoran government accused of doctoring true extent of Covid deaths
A Salvadoran newspaper reported 15,956 people died from the disease, three times more than President Bukele’s official numbersNayib Bukele’s administration in El Salvador has come under fire from rights groups for apparently falsifying Covid-19 figures…
Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer
Barbers on Strike, author Michelle Recinos’s collection of short stories, has apparently upset strongman president Nayib BukeleFirst the soldiers came for those with mohawks. Then they came for the hairdressers themselves.“They were good kids,” quips t…
At least 153 died in custody in El Salvador’s gang crackdown – report
Human rights group’s 107-page report details human cost of President Nayib Bukele’s controversial ‘war on gangs’The human cost of El Salvador’s controversial “war on gangs” has been laid bare in a new report which claims dozens of prisoners were tortur…
At Least 12 Dead in Stampede at Soccer Stadium in El Salvador
Stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league
At least 12 people dead after crowd crush at football stadium in El Salvador
Incident occurred at Cuscatlán Stadium in San SalvadorPresident Nayib Bukele pledges ‘thorough investigation’At least 12 people have died with more than 100 injured in a crowd crush at a football stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the Central American…
Deadly Stampede in Soccer Stadium in El Salvador
It was not immediately clear what prompted the rush at Cuscatlán Stadium in the capital. President Nayib Bukele vowed to conduct a thorough investigation.
US-Mexico migration deal raises fears for struggling border cities
Agreement designed to curb increase of people arriving into US marks dramatic precedent for two countries, experts sayAn agreement between the United States and Mexico designed to curb the surge of migrants arriving at the US doorstep marks a dramatic …