The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

US Marshals capture their most wanted man

‘Avid bodybuilder and a heavy drinker’ allegedly found teaching English in El Salvador

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

4 places to discover the Mayan world in Mexico and Central America

Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are celebrating three decades of founding the Mayan World Organization (Organización Mundo Maya), which focuses on improving the quality of life of the region's residents through sustainable tourism policies.

Tribune News Service · Aug 22, 2022

El Salvador extends state of exception; 50,000 arrested

Some 50,000 people have been locked up in El Salvador since late March for alleged gang ties and the country's congress has now approved another month-long extension of the state of exception that suspends some rights in the name of combatting gangs

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

50 year sentence for pregnancy loss

Laws like El Salvador's are "now being replicated in states across the U.S.," noted one observer

Salon · Jul 7, 2022

Woman who suffered miscarriage jailed for 50 years for breaking abortion laws

The young woman from El Salvador was accused of failing to protect the baby under the nation's harsh abortion laws and has been sentenced to 50 years behind bars by a judge

Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2022

El Salvador woman's 50-year jail sentence outrages abortion rights group

A woman in El Salvador has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for aggravated homicide in a controversial case in which authorities argued she had killed her baby after giving birth, while her defenders said she had suffered a miscarriage.

Reuters · Jul 4, 2022

‘Each day is agony’: the lives swept up in El Salvador’s mass arrests

As President Nayib Bukele arrests tens of thousands over gang fears, activists and family members grapple with the fallout

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2022

El Salvador Just Bought Another $1.5M Bitcoin: 'Thank You For Selling Cheap'

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced today that the nation has acquired an additional 80 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) at an average price of $19,000 each.

Benzinga · Jul 1, 2022

El Salvador's Bitcoin-boosting leader buys $1.5 million more

El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country's losing investment in the cryptocurrency by buying over $1.5 million more

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Here's What Happened When Other Countries Rolled Back Abortion Rights

El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Poland offer a window into a post-Roe world.

Reason · Jun 30, 2022