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Self-described ‘world’s coolest dictator’ heads for reelection in El Salvador
Semafor via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSemafor Signals Supported by Insights from El Faro, El País, and The Economist The News El Salvador...
Honduras announces megaprison plan in El Salvador-inspired crackdown on gang violence
Semafor via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe plan echoes measures by neighboring El Salvador’s leader, whose zero tolerance approach toward...
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoEl Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savoring what appears to be a landslide reelection victory,...
U.S. Citizen Sues NSO Group for Allegedly Helping El Salvador Plant Spyware on Journalists' Phones
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA number of El Salvador-based journalists are suing the notorious makers of the prolific Pegasus...
How El Salvador loves its ‘cool dictator’ who shut down the gangs – but at the cost of human rights
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFor years the Mara Salvatrucha, one of the most violent street gangs on earth, brutally controlled...
Raleigh rapper visited family in El Salvador. His music landed him in prison there.
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 10 months agoSporting a tie-dye T-shirt and round sunglasses, Nelson Hernández raps in a music video against the...
El Salvador tries ex-leader Funes in absentia for gang truce
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEl Salvador opened a trial Wednesday against former President Mauricio Funes alleging that he had...
The 'world's coolest dictator' rounded up 60,000 people in a supposed crackdown on MS-13. A shrimp...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoResidents of the Bajo Lempa meet weekly at a retreat center to discuss the mass arrests.Fred Ramos...
As free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government social media influencers grow in power
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDouglas Guzmán's TikTok feed was dotted with workout routines and videos showcasing his favorite...
El Salvador journalists sue spyware maker in US court
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJournalists from an investigative news outlet in El Salvador sued NSO Group in United States federal court Wednesday after the Israeli firm’s powerful Pegasus spyware was detected on their iPhones ...