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Bukele Wants to Free Half of El Salvador's Gang Prisoners — With Strings Attached

Bukele proposes conditional release for half of El Salvador's gang prisoners — a pivot after 4 years of record incarceration and documented rights abuses.

Latin Times · 5h ago

Spain's Cox Energy Just Made El Salvador History With a Record $2.9B Infrastructure Bet

Spain's Cox Energy signed El Salvador's largest private deal ever — $2.9B in solar, gas, and water. What it means for $10.4B in annual remittances.

Latin Times · 6h ago

Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison. Here's how it got here

Costa Rica has made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach

The Independent UK · Oct 15

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El Salvador's Bukele unveils plan to free up to 50% arrested under state of emergency

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announces a plan to release up to 50% of those imprisoned under a state of emergency

The Independent UK · Oct 14

Rubio and Bukele Talk Ports, China, and Cuba — What's Really at Stake for the Region

Rubio's Oct. 13 call with Bukele covered port security, Chinese influence, UN alignment, and Cuba — key signals for the U.S.-El Salvador alliance.

Latin Times · Oct 14

Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori to Visit Bukele's CECOT Megaprison Amid Security Policy Debate

Peru's Senate cleared Fujimori's Oct. 28–31 trip to El Salvador, including a CECOT tour. Here's what it means for Peru's security policy.

Latin Times · Oct 10

Costa Rica's CACCO Mega-Prison Opens Wednesday — Panama Is Already Watching the Model

Costa Rica inaugurates the 5,100-bed CACCO mega-prison Oct. 14. Panama visited the facility; 640 homicides logged in 2026 so far. Anti-torture body demands a halt.

Latin Times · Oct 9

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‘Another coup d’état’: fears grow as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to ‘re-democratise’ Brazil

After a surprise first-round victory, critics suggest son of disgraced ex-president could seek to continue his father’s authoritarian project

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

El Salvador sets date for 2027 presidential election as Bukele seeks third term

El Salvador will hold presidential elections on February 28, 2027, the electoral tribunal said Wednesday, opening the way for President Nayib Bukele to seek a third term after constitutional changes removed presidential term limits. Bukele has drawn praise for sharply reducing gang violence but faced criticism over rights abuses during…

France 24 · Oct 1

Peru Looks to Bukele's Security Model as Keiko Fujimori Prepares for El Salvador Meeting

Peru's Keiko Fujimori is invited to meet Nayib Bukele. Will shared crime-fighting lessons become real security tools for Peruvians?

Latin Times · Sep 28

How a secret US deal funnelled deportees into El Salvador’s prison system

Families of 11 Salvadoran men deported from the United States are demanding to know what happened to their relatives after they were sent back to El Salvador under a secret agreement between US President Donald Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart Nayib Bukele. Part of The Deportation Project coordinated by Forbidden…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 22

Robot Dogs, U.S. Praise and a March for Detainees: How El Salvador's 205th Independence Day Unfolded

El Salvador marked 205 years of independence with a parade and robot dogs, as hundreds marched demanding freedom for detainees under its exception regime.

Latin Times · Sep 16

Which Latin American President Outranks Bukele Now? September Country-By-Country Approval Numbers, Explained

Bukele still tops Central America at 66.2%, but Abinader posted the region's biggest monthly gain and Arévalo dropped to last place, CB Global Data shows.

Latin Times · Sep 15

El Salvador Just Hit 218 Homicide-Free Days in 2026 — Here's How the Rest of Central America Compares

El Salvador hit 218 homicide-free days in 2026, but Guatemala just logged its deadliest August in five years and Honduras revised its data.

Latin Times · Sep 12

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The Independent UK · Sep 9

Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears

Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as it has done with hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries

Latin Times · Sep 9

TPS for El Salvador: The Legal Fine Print That Could Block Its Cancellation and Trigger a 6-Month Extension

USCIS says El Salvador's TPS ends today, but DHS never filed the Federal Register notice the law requires, leaving 170,000+ Salvadorans in limbo.

Latin Times · Sep 9

From Bogotá to Magdeburg: What Actually Connects Seven Right-Wing Wins, Country by Country

From Ecuador to Germany, the right has won seven elections in two and a half years. Analysts are split on whether it's one wave or separate stories.

Latin Times · Sep 1

Bukele Vows $3B a Year for Education. His Own Budget Says Otherwise — For Now

Bukele pledged 50,000 scholarships and $3B a year for education. Here's how that lines up against El Salvador's debt, growth and remittances.

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Latin Times · Sep 1

U.S. Calls Bukele a "Valued Partner," Plans Trade Summit as Rights Groups Tally 91,000 Arrests

U.S. calls Bukele a "valued partner" and plans a trade summit, even as rights groups document over 91,000 arrests under his state of exception.

Latin Times · Aug 16

Colombia's Earthquake Death Toll Approaches 300 as Search for Survivors Ends — From Grief to Grassroots

Colombia's earthquake toll nears 300 a week later; South Florida's Colombian diaspora mobilizes aid from Doral to Tampa as rebuilding begins.

The Independent UK · Aug 13

Chile moves hundreds of inmates to a new prison as President Kast ramps up security push

The Chilean government has transferred nearly 300 of the country’s most dangerous inmates to a new maximum-security prison, as conservative President José Antonio Kast seeks to regain momentum on his key campaign pledge to combat organized crime

Latin Times · Aug 11

Lawyers Say Defending Suspected Gang Members in El Salvador's Mass Trials Is 'Impossible'

Lawyers claim they're often denied access to complete case files, receive details of the charges only days before trial and have been unable to challenge police records used as key evidence

International Business Times UK · Aug 10

What Is Special About El Salvador's Mega Prison? Farage Begins Talks of Sending Foreign Lags to the Facility

Nigel Farage and Reform UK are considering deporting 10,000 foreign inmates to El Salvador's mega prison to address UK prison overcrowding, amidst controversy over the facility's conditions.

The Conversation · Jul 29

How Latin America’s right use humour – and why it has deep historical roots

Humour plays a key role in the political communication of rightwing populist leaders in Latin America. Politicians including Javier Milei in Argentina, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil have all used humour to engage with and solidify their support base, normalise extreme ideologies and deflect criticism.

The Independent UK · Jul 15

A mass trial of MS-13 gang members in El Salvador wraps up in El Salvador

A mass trial of hundreds of alleged MS-13 gang members has wrapped up in El Salvador with prosecutors delivering their closing arguments

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