The Latest Breaking News from Nayib Bukele

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown

Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2023

El Salvador's Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president

The Miss Universe competition hosted by El Salvador is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

With tattoo-covered faces, wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

Member of Panama's national soccer team shot and killed in Colon; 2nd in 6 years

A member of Panama’s national soccer team has been killed after gunmen opened fire on a group of people gathered in the country’s violent port city of Colon

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet Pays Off As Bonds Skyrocket With 70% Returns

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele's embracing of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was initially met with skepticism on Wall Street

Zenger · Aug 17, 2023

As free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government social media influencers grow in power

An expanding network of social media personalities is amplifying and echoing President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023

El Salvador’s controversial crackdown on gangs

Human rights groups may be raising the alarm over El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on gang violence, but the policy is winning huge support for the country’s young president both at home and abroad.

The Week · Aug 9, 2023

Binance becomes fully licensed in El Salvador, where 'Philosopher King' Bukele pushed to make Bitcoin legal tender in 2021

Binance and El Salvador are each fighting their own crypto-related battles.

Fortune · Aug 8, 2023

El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up

Congress passes bill that could allow 900 people to be tried together if they are accused of being in the same criminal group

The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2023

El Salvador plans mass trials for those imprisoned in gang crackdown

New rules passed by El Salvador’s congress will allow courts to try accused gang members in group trials, in an effort to expedite tens of thousands of criminal cases for those detained under the country’s crackdown on street gangs

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023