Legislative Branch of the El Salvador Government
El Salvador's former leftist strongholds contemplate party's demise: San José Las Flores, a town nestled in the mountains of northern El Salvador ...
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The collapse of the FMLN, the former Salvadoran guerrilla movement Nayib Bukele wants to eliminate
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Bukele’s New Ideas Party Wins Big in El Salvador: Following the elections, the New Ideas Party has secured a significant portion of the seats in El ...
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Voters in El Salvador are casting their ballots in presidential and legislative elections where incumbent President Nayib Bukele faces virtually no competition ... Show more
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Quick Glance: El Salvador President Seeks Re-election Following Crackdown on Gangs
- Francisco Villegas displays support for President Nayib Bukele with a flag
- Travels from Pennsylvania to vote in person for Nayib Bukele
- Government's Bitcoin investments are profitable
- Armando Grande calls for focus on the country's economic needs in a second term
El Salvador vice president acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is 'not a police state'
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El Salvador’s gang inmates will face life in prison, vows president’s deputy: Félix Ulloa, who is running for re-election as vice-president, defends sweeping ...
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Fears of violence haunt L.A. Salvadorans over Bukele election bid: Bucking the national constitution, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is running for a second ...
latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-27/fears-of-violence-memories-of-civil-war-stir-salvadorans-over-bukele-re-election-bid
What the world’s budding autocrats are learning from El Salvador: President Nayib Bukele is gutting democracy and being applauded for it
economist.com/leaders/2023/07/20/what-the-worlds-budding-autocrats-are-learning-from-el-salvador
El Salvador arrests more than 100 Colombians in financial scheme: Salvadoran police arrested more than a hundred Colombians for their alleged involvement in ...
reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-arrests-more-than-100-colombians-financial-scheme-2023-07-18/
Inside the growing cult of El Salvador's leader Nayib Bukele: Politicians in Latin America are adopting Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's style — aviator ...
latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-07-25/growing-cult-of-nayib-bukele
El Salvador backs mass trials for thousands held in crime crackdown: El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday approved group trials for the tens of thousands of ...
reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-approves-group-trials-amid-crime-crackdown-2023-07-26/
El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs has reduced crime—and democratic norms: A special episode of the daily podcast looking at how life in the country has changed ...
economist.com/podcasts/2023/07/28/el-salvadors-crackdown-on-gangs-has-reduced-crime-and-democratic-norms
Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats: A new poll suggests a worrying regional trend
economist.com/the-americas/2023/07/20/young-latin-americans-are-unusually-open-to-autocrats
El Salvador in the grip of the 'Bukele system': Nayib Bukele, the president of the Central American country, enjoys great popularity thanks to his handling of ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: El Salvador under the 'Bukele system'
- President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele enjoys great popularity due to his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and his fight against gangs.
- Bukele has emerged victorious in a war.
- He has succeeded where others have failed, defeating the pandillas, the gangs that have plagued the country - and the entire Central American region - for over two decades.
- Almost every day, Bukele tweets to his 5.2 million followers: 'Another day with zero homicides,' a statement that has an undeniable impact considering that seven years ago, there were almost 20 murders per day in the country.
Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer: Barbers on Strike, author Michelle Recinos’s collection of short stories ...
theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/el-salvador-michelle-recinos-barbers-strike-book-guatemala-president-nayib-bukele
Quick Glance: Bukele Named as 2024 Candidate
- Nuevas Ideas selects Bukele as candidate for 2024 presidential elections
- Constitution prohibits consecutive terms for the presidency
- Bukele and Ulloa need to complete candidate registration
- Bukele's ticket sole contender in Nuevas Ideas party's internal elections
Mass trials in Bukele’s El Salvador: Legal reform will allow hearings of up to 900 prisoners
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Quick Glance: Mass Trials in Bukele's El Salvador: Legal Reform Allows Hearings for up to 900 Prisoners
- The change formalizes a practice already carried out by the Salvadoran justice system.
- Critics warn that the move violates the right to a fair trial.
- Over 71,000 people have been detained under the state of emergency in El Salvador, issued by President Nayib Bukele to neutralize criminal gangs.
- The Salvadoran Parliament, where Bukele's New Ideas party holds a majority, has approved temporary provisions and reforms to the Law against Organized Crime to address this issue.
Strongman locks up 70,000 gang suspects in El Salvador: The president has detained thousands of people without trial in a crackdown on gang violence
thetimes.co.uk/article/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-gang-crackdown-trial-prison-9jh0v06nj
Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: El Salvador: 70,000 Gang Members Arrested
- Mass arrests of suspects in El Salvador, reminiscent of the mafia trials in Italy in the 80s.
- Former marketing executive leads nationwide crackdown on gangs.
El Salvador’s Congress votes to allow mass trials in gang crackdown: El Salvador’s justice minister says up to 900 alleged gang members could be prosecuted at ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/26/el-salvadors-congress-votes-to-allow-mass-trials-in-gang-crackdown
Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador's President Bukele turns to sports
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Quick Glance: El Salvador's President Bukele Counters Criticism of Gang War with Sports
- President Bukele denies accusations of dictatorship and emphasizes freedom of speech.
- The games provide Bukele with an opportunity to showcase a safer El Salvador and divert attention from problems.
- Bukele's government reduced the number of elected positions ahead of the games.
- Critics accuse Bukele of using intimidation tactics as the election cycle heats up.
El Salvador’s Bukele is Latin America’s most popular president. But at what cost? | Opinion
miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article277719883.html
Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats: A new poll suggests a worrying regional trend
economist.com/the-americas/2023/07/20/young-latin-americans-are-unusually-open-to-autocrats
Quick Glance: Latin American Youth Open to Autocrats
- Nicolás Maduro and Daniel Ortega are the least popular leaders in the survey.
- 61% of respondents disagree with the president controlling the media.
- 51% agree that an autocratic government can solve problems.
- In Ecuador, Guatemala, and Paraguay, the majority of respondents support a military government.
#BangkokPost : 'It's not perfect, but it's good. We've done something really good here," said El Salvador's vice-president, Felix Ulloa ... Show more
Is Najib Bukele the world's coolest dictator?
Is Najib Bukele the world's coolest dictator?
Salvadoran government accused of doctoring true extent of Covid deaths: A Salvadoran newspaper reported 15,956 people died from the disease, three times more ...
theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/19/salvadoran-government-accused-of-doctoring-true-extent-of-covid-deaths
The Country With the Highest Murder Rate Now Has the Highest Incarceration Rate: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele kicked off a gang crackdown that has strong ...
wsj.com/articles/the-country-with-the-highest-murder-rate-now-has-the-highest-incarceration-rate-b5401da7
What the world’s budding autocrats are learning from El Salvador: President Nayib Bukele is gutting democracy and being applauded for it
economist.com/leaders/2023/07/20/what-the-worlds-budding-autocrats-are-learning-from-el-salvador
Quick Glance: Lessons for Emerging Autocrats from El Salvador
- President Nayib Bukele is dismantling democracy and receiving applause for it
- A recipe that makes strongmen drool
Strongman locks up 70,000 gang suspects in El Salvador: The president has detained thousands of people without trial in a crackdown on gang violence
thetimes.co.uk/article/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-gang-crackdown-trial-prison-9jh0v06nj
Paid articlePaid It is a recipe to make strongmen salivate. Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, has worked out how to chop away democratic restraints while keeping an ... Show more
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Our citizens’ security is El Salvador’s top priority — and we’re succeeding | Opinion
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Quick Glance: El Salvador's Top Priority: Ensuring Citizen Security
- Citizen security is a fundamental principle of governments in the Americas.
- Under the leadership of President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador has identified and dismantled organized-crime structures, recovered territorial control of places historically besieged by gangs, and enhanced greater security in all communities all over the country.
- El Salvador's citizens recognize our success.
- This is all possible because basic human rights are finally being respected, and citizen security is President Bukele's top priority.
El Salvador’s president announces changes in key government positions: El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, has assigned Jerson Rogelio Molina ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/uncategorized/el-salvadors-president-announces-changes-in-key-government-positions/
Explained | IMF’s view on cryptocurrency in Latin America: The IMF has been closely tracking Latin America’s crypto economy as cryptocurrency adoption rises in ...
thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/explained-imf-view-cryptocurrency-latin-america/article67022885.ece
El Salvador's president registers for reelection despite constitutional objections
ctvnews.ca/world/el-salvador-s-president-registers-for-reelection-despite-constitutional-objections-1.6456117
Renewable Bitcoin Mining Project Tweaks El Salvador’s Bonds Proposal To Raise $1 Billion
forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/06/11/renewable-bitcoin-mining-project-tweaks-el-salvadors-bonds-proposal-to-raise-1-billion/
El Salvador’s mega-prisons as an electoral promise in Colombia: Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali ...
english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-14/el-salvadors-mega-prisons-as-an-electoral-promise-in-colombia.html
El Salvador’s emergency regime extended by Congress: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, with a majority supporting the government ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/central-america/el-salvadors-emergency-regime-extended-by-congress/
The Colombians imprisoned in Bukele’s inferno: Mothers, sisters and wives of at least 35 unjustly detained people in El Salvador ask the government of Gustavo ...
english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-09/the-colombians-imprisoned-in-bukeles-inferno.html
Why Coin Stories’ Natalie Brunell doesn’t want a Bitcoin ATH anytime soon: Hall of Flame
cointelegraph.com/magazine/coin-stories-natalie-brunell-bitcoin-ath-all-time-high-hall-of-flame/
Honduras copies El Salvador's playbook in anti-gang crackdown: A crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation's prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last ...
ctvnews.ca/world/honduras-copies-el-salvador-s-playbook-in-anti-gang-crackdown-1.6458382
El Salvador slashes size of Congress ahead of elections: El Salvador's president signed into law an electoral reform on Wednesday that reduces the size of ...
reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-slashes-size-congress-ahead-elections-2023-06-07/
El Salvador president pledges white-collar prison in 'war' on corruption: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Thursday pledged to build a prison to hold ...
reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-president-pledges-white-collar-prison-war-corruption-2023-06-02/
El Salvador partnership to build $1 billion bitcoin mining farm: A public-private partnership in El Salvador will pump $1 billion into creating one of the ...
reuters.com/technology/el-salvador-partnership-build-1-billion-bitcoin-mining-farm-2023-06-05/
Ex-El Salvador President Mauricio Funes sentenced to 14 years for negotiating with gangs
apnews.com/article/el-salvador-president-mauricio-funes-sentenced-70a77555aa50ac517be659b65cab6d1a
Deadly Stampede in Soccer Stadium in El Salvador: It was not immediately clear what prompted the rush at Cuscatlán Stadium in the capital ...
nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/americas/soccer-stadium-stampede-el-salvador.html
Quick Glance: 12 killed in stadium stampede in El Salvador
- Twelve people died in a stampede at Cuscatlan Stadium in San Salvador, where soccer fans had gathered to watch a local tournament.
- A stadium gate fell, causing a crush and panic that left many injured.
- Emergency personnel evacuated the stadium and treated over 500 people.
- The match was suspended as hundreds of police officers and soldiers were present to control the situation.
Death and Torture in El Salvador: Bukele's Tough Hand Rules Deadly Prison Hell: President Bukele has ruled with special rights in El Salvador in Central America ...
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El Salvador forces surround town in north after police killing: El Salvador has deployed at least 5,000 soldiers and 500 police to surround a town in the ...
reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-forces-surround-town-north-after-police-killing-2023-05-17/
Fans went to admire El Salvador’s gang crackdown — and got arrested: “We let ourselves fall for this propaganda,” one of the men said. “And the reality is ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/bukele-gang-crackdown-salvador/
Stadium Tragedy: "Human Avalanche" - At least 12 dead in stampede: Harrowing images from El Salvador: As more and more people crowd into the Cuscatlán soccer ...
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Police murder in El Salvador: Thousands of soldiers cordon off an entire city: El Salvador has been under a state of emergency for more than a year because of ...
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El Salvador president's popularity soars with controversial approach to crime
theworld.org/stories/2023-05-08/el-salvador-presidents-popularity-soars-controversial-approach-crime
Guatemala’s presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele
english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-05/guatemalas-presidential-hopefuls-channel-heavy-handed-tactics-of-el-salvadors-nayib-bukele.html
CoinDesk Turns 10: 2021 – The Year Bitcoin Became Salvadoran: El Salvador’s 2021 Bitcoin Law was a monumental moment, but there’s still much work to be done ...
coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/05/30/coindesk-turns-10-2021-the-year-bitcoin-became-salvadoran/
Arrests surge under iron fist of El Salvador’s millennial president: President Nayib Bukele, the self-declared “coolest dictator” in the Americas ...
thetimes.co.uk/article/arrests-surge-under-iron-fist-of-el-salvadors-millennial-president-k08p7rwcn
Paid articlePaid At least 153 died in custody in El Salvador’s gang crackdown – report : Human rights group’s 107-page report details human cost of President Nayib Bukele’s ...
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Nayib Bukele is the pro-Trump right’s new favorite autocrat: The American right is falling in love with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele ...
vox.com/2023/4/8/23653324/nayib-bukele-trump-american-right-crime
El Salvador tries ex-leader Funes in absentia for gang truce: El Salvador opened a trial Wednesday against former president Mauricio Funes alleging that he had ...
ctvnews.ca/world/el-salvador-tries-ex-leader-funes-in-absentia-for-gang-truce-1.6372986
The Colombian ‘Bukeles’ want power: A survey found that 55% of Colombians would like to have a president like the one in El Salvador; meanwhile ...
english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-17/the-colombian-bukeles-want-power.html
Nayib Bukele doubles down on his anti-gang offensive after an officer was murdered in El Salvador
english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-17/nayib-bukele-doubles-down-on-his-anti-gang-offensive-after-an-officer-was-murdered-in-el-salvador.html
Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep: Several hundred people in El Salvador took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the year-long ...
reuters.com/world/americas/salvadorans-demand-release-innocents-jailed-anti-gang-sweep-2023-03-29/
El Salvador Decimated Its Ruthless Gangs. But at What Cost?: In the year since El Salvador declared a state of emergency, the government has delivered a stunning ...
nytimes.com/2023/04/09/world/americas/el-salvador-gangs.html
Salvadorans Find Renewed Sense of Security on Streets After Years of Gang Violence
ticotimes.net/2023/03/27/salvadorans-find-renewed-sense-of-security-on-streets-after-years-of-gang-violence
‘Criminalising journalism’: Famous Salvadoran outlet to relocate: The Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says the Bukele government has attacked the country’s press ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/criminalising-journalism-famous-salvadoran-paper-to-relocate
Rising crime rates are pushing Latin America’s political pendulum to the right | Opinion
miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article275368531.html
Human rights body urges El Salvador to restore civil rights: A regional human rights body implored El Salvador's government on Thursday to reverse a year-long ...
reuters.com/world/americas/human-rights-body-urges-el-salvador-restore-civil-rights-2023-04-06/
Politicians in other Latin American countries are studying Nayib Bukele’s security tactics. If El Salvador’s murder rate stays down ... Show more
El Salvador’s authoritarian president is becoming a regional role model: That is dangerous for democracy and human rights
economist.com/the-americas/2023/03/16/el-salvadors-authoritarian-president-is-becoming-a-regional-role-model
Quick Glance: El Salvador's Authoritarian President Sets Regional Example
- In February, it reached 90%, the highest in Latin America.
- Leaders outside El Salvador are experimenting with Mr. Bukele's methods rather than fully adopting them.
- "If this proves sustainable, a lot of people all over Latin America will be looking to Bukele as a model to follow," says Kevin Casas-Zamora, a former vice-president of Costa Rica who now leads IDEA, a Stockholm-based think tank.
- In March last year, after a weekend during which the gangs killed 87 people, Mr. Bukele introduced a "state of exception" that allows police to arrest anyone without showing cause.
Donald Trump’s arraignment: How the world reacted: Photos of former US President Donald Trump as he appeared in court covered the front pages of most ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/5/how-the-world-reacted-to-trumps-arraignment
War on gangs forges new El Salvador. But the price is steep.: SOYAPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — With semiautomatic weapons pressed to their chest ...
apnews.com/article/el-salvador-gangs-crackdown-bukele-8f55ead6d5933e634a20b671ac25ca92
El Salvador's government moved thousands of suspected gang members to the newly-opened 'mega prison' following President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang push that has ... Show more
El Salvador president readies bill to eliminate taxes on tech: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday he will send to the country's Congress next ...
reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-president-readies-bill-eliminate-taxes-tech-2023-03-24/
That Missing Trump Portrait? Found, Next to Some Old Yoga Mats.: After a tip, The Times located a portrait of Donald Trump given to him by El Salvador’s ...
nytimes.com/2023/03/23/world/americas/missing-trump-portrait-found-florida.html
Austria is normalizing the far-right, again: Why are mainstream politicians in Austria rewarding rather than ostracizing the far-right Freedom Party ...
haaretz.com/world-news/2023-03-22/ty-article-opinion/.premium/austria-is-normalizing-the-far-right-again/00000187-09e7-d26b-a5f7-d9ff48aa0000
El Salvador’s President Bukele and his massive new prison, explained: President Nayib Bukele promised to end gang violence. It may come at the expense of human ...
vox.com/world-politics/2023/3/5/23621004/el-salvador-prison-bukele-ms13-barrio-18
It’s massive. It’s Trumpian. And now it’s mysteriously missing: An 8-foot-tall portrait of the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump ...
nytimes.com/2023/03/21/world/americas/trump-painting-missing.html
American Trained Soldiers Keep Overthrowing Governments in Africa: Last fall a U.S. trained military officer staged a coup on in Burkina Faso — it was the ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/west-africa-coup-american-trained-soldier-1234657139/
Quick Glance: American-trained soldiers continue to destabilize African governments
- When Damiba took power last year, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) admitted that the US had mentored him for many years.
- Damiba's coup was the latest in a string of coups in West Africa by officers trained in the United States.
- After Rolling Stone pointed out that US-trained military officers had staged seven coups in these same countries since 2008—three in Burkina Faso, three in Mali, and one in Mauritania.
- "Moving forward, the United States should ensure military coups are never seen by its partners as a viable option."
The Best Home Security System: A home security system is all about peace of mind. It can alert you to an open door or window, frighten away prowlers ...
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Quick Glance: El Salvador transports thousands of alleged gang members to a "mega prison"
- El Salvador has arrested thousands of suspected gang members as part of its contentious anti-crime operation, according to reports in New Delhi.
- The official figure did not include at least 120 suspected gang members killed in clashes with police.
- Thousands of suspects with gang tattoos were transferred to a massive prison in El Salvador. Reuters
- The government of El Salvador relocates gang members to a new mega-prison. Reuters
Former MS-13 gang members swept up in El Salvador crackdown: El Salvador's evangelical churches rehabilitated ex-gang members. The country's crackdown on L.A ...
latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-04-19/as-el-salvador-cracks-down-on-california-born-gangs-who-still-believes-in-redemption
El Salvador extends emergency powers in year-long gang crackdown: Measures enjoy widespread support, but rights groups say they have led to arbitrary arrests and ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/16/el-salvador-extends-emergency-powers-in-year-long-gang-crackdown
El Salvador’s News Site El Faro Relocates to Costa Rica Amid Bukele’s Crackdown on Press
democracynow.org/2023/4/14/headlines/el_salvadors_news_site_el_faro_relocates_to_costa_rica_amid_bukeles_crackdown_on_press
Human rights body urges El Salvador to restore civil rights: SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A regional human rights body implored El Salvador's government on ...
thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/04/07/human-rights-body-urges-el-salvador-to-restore-civil-rights
El Salvador’s Pres. Nayib Bukele Touts “Megaprison” with Shocking Images of Shackled Detainees
democracynow.org/2023/2/27/headlines/el_salvadors_pres_nayib_bukele_touts_megaprison_with_shocking_images_of_shackled_detainees
Why El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele wants everyone to know about his new prison
cnn.com/2023/03/07/americas/el-salvador-prison-bukele-intl-latam/
Bukele shows off thousands of imprisoned gang members in new mega prison: The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison ...
english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-28/bukele-shows-off-thousands-of-imprisoned-gang-members-in-new-mega-prison.html
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