List of El Salvador articles
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Activists raise green headscarves during a demonstration demanding the legalization of abortion in San Salvador, El Salvador. When Abortion Bans Are Too Popular to Overturn
A court may soon rule against El Salvador’s anti-abortion law. But will that make a difference?
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House in Washington on Dec. 6. The Democrat’s Playbook
Biden’s Summit for Democracy must go on the offensive.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele gestures in front of a huge screen that reads "Bitcoin City." Bitcoin Failed in El Salvador. The President Says the Answer Is More Bitcoin.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is spinning new projects as fast as he can.
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A Chivo Wallet Bitcoin ATM burns in San Salvador. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Is a Farce
The system doesn’t work, the currency crashed, and the public hates it.
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele El Salvador’s President Is Pioneering Hustle Bro Populism
Nayib Bukele has turned Bitcoin and Twitter into political tools.
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López Obrador speaks in Mexico City Mexico’s López Obrador Is Pulling an Erdogan on Biden
By reducing U.S.-Mexican relations to migration, Biden is letting himself be played—and ignoring a crisis south of the border.
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Protesters in Honduras hold banners. Want to Counter Authoritarianism in Central America? Follow the Money.
The United States lacks reliable partners in the region. Here’s how to hold them accountable.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele El Salvador Is Printing Money With Bitcoin
Nayib Bukele doesn’t want to ditch dollars. He just wants his own.
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A man wrapped in a Guatemalan flag takes part in a march. Biden’s Top Priority in Central America Is Fighting Corruption. That’s an Uphill Battle.
In the last few years, as politicians, judges, and other campaigners were stymied, the political will to fight graft has eroded.
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Newly appointed attorney general Rodolfo Delgado is sworn in during the first plenary session of the Legislative Assembly in San Salvador, on May 2. In Central America, Rule of Law Is Under Attack. El Salvador Is the Latest Victim.
El Salvador’s populist president is following the playbook of corrupt elites in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras when it comes to top courts.
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A Salvadoran police officer guards a crime scene where a member of the National Civil Police was allegedly killed by gang members, in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, on Oct. 17, 2017. El Salvador’s Homicide Rate Hit a Historic Low in 2020
But the reasons behind the drop are unclear, and broader security and economic reforms are urgently needed.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele poses for a selfie with a supporter after voting during parliamentary and local elections in San Salvador, Salvador, on Feb. 28. In El Salvador, Broken Promises Have Forced the Establishment Out
In Sunday’s legislative elections, voters overwhelmingly backed a popular president promising change, despite criticisms of democratic backsliding.
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Virginia Flores shows a picture of Camila Díaz Córdova as she waits outside the Attorney General's office in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Feb. 23, 2019. El Salvador’s Justice System Takes on a Historic Case
Transgender rights activists say the prosecution of Camila Díaz Córdova’s death as a hate crime is an advance, although LGBTQ citizens continue to face discrimination and abuse.
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IG-flugscham-flying-shame-decoder-germany-climate-martina-flor The Words That Explained the World in 2019
A look at terms from India and El Salvador to South Korea and Ukraine.
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A man faces a member of the Canadian police as he carries baggage as he crosses the U.S.-Canada border on Feb. 26, 2017, in Champlain, New York. Is Canada Violating Its Constitution by Sending Refugees Back to the United States?
A federal court case could stop Ottawa from treating the United States as a safe third country due to the Trump administration’s harsh policies toward asylum-seekers.
