President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador offered on Monday to jail convicted criminals deported by the United States, a move that won praise from Secretary of State Marco Rubio despite questions about whether it is legal or even possible. “We have offered the United...
On Monday, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele accepted that the United States may deport to his country undocumented migrants who commit serious crimes, and he also offered El Salvador’s prisons to house dangerous American criminals currently incarcerated in the United...
The State Department said Friday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will use his visit to El Salvador next week to push officials there to agree to receive deported foreign nationals from countries that do not accept U.S. deportation flights. Special envoy to Latin...
Under the claim of eliminating the public campaign financing that parties receive to fund their electoral campaigns, the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly)—dominated by the ruling party—ratified the reform to Article 248 of the Constitution, allowing a single...
Mauricio Claver-Carone, U.S. Special Envoy for Latin America, confirmed this Friday at a press conference that the United States government will seek to restore the Acuerdo de Cooperación de Asilo (ACA) (Asylum Cooperation Agreement) with the government of Nayib...
In just 37 minutes and 46 seconds—about the length of a cartoon—around midday on January 29, the final blow to El Salvador’s Constitution took shape. The Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly), dominated by ruling-party lawmakers, ratified a constitutional reform...