“They killed my son,” are the first words spoken by Reyna, the mother of Oscar David Barillas, whom she is burying today after he spent four years in prison. He was arrested at his workplace. She tries to express her emotions and thoughts, but her tears...
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, one of his closest allies in Latin America, at the White House on Thursday for a meeting that once again highlighted the close cooperation between the two governments on immigration and security....
Bukele is in Washington. Will he ask Trump to renew TPS for Salvadorans? I think he will, though I don’t know if Trump will grant the request. There are several aspects to consider: If Trump agrees, he’d be going against his own anti-immigration policy....
A total of 10,504 Salvadorans have been deported from January to June 2026, a figure that marks a 73.8% increase compared to the 6,044 deported in the same period of 2025, according to data from El Salvador’s General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners. This...
Nayib Bukele’s regime swallows up Salvadoran migrants who have no outstanding issues with the law in either the United States or El Salvador. Aurelio, a migrant deported by the Trump administration, was harassed and pursued until he was captured. Since January...
El Salvador’s total public debt rose 2.4%, reaching US$34,630.96 million, during the first five months of 2026 compared with the close of 2025, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). Of this total, US$15,543.75 million is external debt and...