El Salvador scored 30 out of 100 possible points and ranks 130 out of 180 countries evaluated in the Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International, a tool designed to gauge the efforts of various nations worldwide to combat “the abuse of entrusted power...
The tiny Central American nation of El Salvador has long been a U.S. ally. A snapshot of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele last week shows the men smiling, out on a sunny deck in front of a beautiful lake. Rubio, wearing a...
El Salvador’s Congress voted on Wednesday to allow minors convicted of crimes linked to organized crime to be housed in the same prisons as adults, albeit in separate areas. The measure would apply to children under 18 who belong to gangs and have been...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced this month an agreement with the U.S. government, which would apparently house in Salvadoran prisons U.S. deportees who had been convicted of crimes. While details have not been announced, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...
I first came to El Salvador in 2016. At that time, the country was one of the most violent in the world with one of the highest global homicide rates, and I hoped to learn why.[1] Although I had conducted research on drug trafficking and violence in Mexico for the...
Amnesty International on Friday expressed deep concern over the recent amendment to Article 248 of El Salvador’s constitution, warning that the change could drastically undermine human rights protections. Amnesty International Americas director Ana Piquer criticized...
