The digital newspaper El Faro has been a standard-bearer for the commitment of journalists in El Salvador to press freedom and the fight against corruption, which has placed it in the crosshairs of Nayib Bukele’s government. In early May 2025, El Faro published...
At a White House meeting, presidents Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump exchanged praises and joked about mass incarceration while discussing an unprecedented agreement: the USA would pay El Salvador US$6 million a year to house deportees – of any nationality, potentially...
The only information Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos’ family has received about him in the past three months came from former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz. Gaetz probably didn’t mean to help. But last month, as part of a propaganda video for the far-right...
El Salvador, the world’s first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, has continued buying the cryptocurrency despite a $1.4 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that included provisions discouraging further accumulation. The...
Police officers grabbed the shackled woman by each arm, leading her to the judge who would order her imprisonment. “You won’t silence me!” shouted Ruth López, a Bible in her hands, journalists crowding around her. “What I want is a public trial! The people deserve to...
Nayib Bukele’s administration is finding it difficult to impose its narrative on national affairs, a stark contrast to earlier times when a single social media post was all it took, according to specialists. This difficulty is attributed to a series of recent...
