‘There’s so much power in the wave,” says Australian pro-surfer Sally Fitzgibbons. “It’s like someone broke the tap and it’s just endless swell. I don’t know any other place in the world that’s this consistent.” As she speaks, Fitzgibbons watches surfers on the waves...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has repeatedly claimed that El Salvador is now the safest country in the Western hemisphere. Indeed, homicide rates are lower than they have ever been since he declared a State of Exception in 2022, and consequently arrested over...
Natalia Raquel Bernal Gómez, a 21-year-old woman, was reported missing by her family on Friday, September 5, 2025. Her decomposing body was found four days later, on September 9, in Nuevo Cuscatlán, a district of La Libertad Este. Relatives of the victim stated they...
A Salvadoran court on Tuesday sentenced two former ministers from the administration of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén—of the former guerrilla Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)—to 28 years in prison for electoral fraud and illicit associations for...
Amnesty International urged the government of El Salvador to immediately comply with the precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for Ruth López and Enrique Anaya, who are detained under conditions that jeopardize their...
Reporting Highlights A Useful Friendship: A previously undisclosed report alleges Salvadoran President Bukele asked Trump’s ambassador to dismiss an embassy contractor helping U.S. agents investigate top aides. Elevated Status: Ambassador Ronald Johnson played a key...
