America El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced that the 2025 budget will not rely on external financing or debt issuance, marking the first time in decades that the country will fully fund its current expenditures without borrowing
America El Salvador At least 40 journalists have fled El Salvador in the past month amid fears of arrest, as President Bukele’s intensified crackdown on dissent has targeted reporters exposing alleged government-gang ties
America El Salvador Authorities in El Salvador have arrested another critic of President Bukele, intensifying a crackdown on dissent that has already targeted prominent legal and anti-corruption figures
America El Salvador Prominent human rights lawyer Ruth López has been detained in El Salvador on charges of embezzlement, amid growing tensions between the government and human rights organizations critical of its policies
America El Salvador Venezuelan migrants deported under a US deal have been imprisoned in El Salvador; families filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights demanding their release from the high-security prison where they’re held without due trial