A naive logic might lead one to believe that countries endowed with natural resources—such as oil, gold, or diamonds—are destined for economic success and the well-being of their populations. However, history has shown that natural resource wealth does not necessarily...
President Trump said on Tuesday that he was open to an offer by El Salvador’s president to jail convicted criminals, including American citizens, in the Central American nation’s notorious “megaprison.” “If we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a...
A day after President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador offered to imprison convicted criminals from the United States, including U.S. citizens, the question of whether such a plan could actually be accepted and implemented was still unanswered. Secretary of State Marco...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after a meeting Monday with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, proclaimed it the most “unprecedented, extraordinary” offer the country has yet received during the ongoing wave of global migration. Details on the deal are scant,...
The affair between Trump and Bukele is growing stronger. Evidence of this is the success of Marco Rubio’s stop in El Salvador during his tour of several Latin American countries. “No country has ever offered us such friendship,” Rubio remarked, referring to the...
El Salvador, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world and an overcrowding level of at least 130%, has offered to receive inmates of any nationality who are currently detained in the United States, Secretary Rubio announced Monday night during his tour of...
