Nayib Bukele

The latest poll gives the Salvadoran president an 85% approval rating, and only 1.4% of respondents believe that the concentration of power in a single figure is a problem for the country

In his annual address to the nation to observe his six years in power, the Central American leader attacked human rights groups and the media

A report contradicts the government’s claim that it has only expelled undocumented immigrants

Ronald Johnson, a CIA veteran and former Green Beret, is bringing a tough new style that favors military action against the cartels

The president’s approval ratings remain high as he nears six years in power, but both his image and leadership have evolved significantly

The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war

Nicolás Maduro celebrated the reunion of the minor and her family: ‘She is the daughter and granddaughter of all of us’

US officials did not tell the migrants they were being sent to Central America, where authorities refused to take them in. Three are now in Venezuela and five remain in detention in the United States

The pressure to meet immigration arrest targets is fostering the systematic violation of human rights, as seen in El Salvador

The magnate’s main tool of intimidation has been tariffs, which he has leveraged to extract concessions from allied countries such as Mexico and Colombia

The former Colombian president analyzes the challenges facing the left in the region following Trump’s return: ‘Wokeism has reduced us to a kind of minority tribalism’

Though not without precedent, deporting non-citizens to third countries is now being carried out in ways that human rights groups say sidestep critical legal protections

Like Kilmar Abrego García, the Venezuelan man was sent to the Central American country despite having a court document protecting him from removal. A judge has ordered his return

The director of the Americas Division of the organization analyzes the first months of the Trump administration and says she still trusts in judicial independence to curb his immigration policies

The secretary of state, who has been steadily rising through the ranks under the orders of his former rival, is now taking over the National Security Council, meaning he will hold two roles, something only Kissinger has done before

The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’

In an interview with ‘El Faro,’ Charli, leader of a faction of Barrio 18, details how the rapprochement with the president’s circle began

A drone controlled by Reuters news agency witnessed the image from the air

The mistaken expulsion of the Salvadoran to Bukele’s mega prison sparked a standoff between the administration and the judiciary and became a political weapon

Inmates of a Texas detention center say around 60 migrants were put on a bus and driven to the airport, where they were set to be deported to El Salvador

According to organizations and activists, the 32-year-old is not the only detainee whose whereabouts remain unknown. Human Rights Watch says the situation amounts to ‘forced disappearances’

The Northwestern University political scientist is not surprised that the president wants to imprison citizens in El Salvador

This is the first time a judicial authority has dictated how the new government must use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel undocumented immigrants from the country

The US president’s hostility toward the diaspora raises doubts about Washington’s true interest in a transition to democracy in Venezuela

Organizations and experts warn of the danger of the Alien Enemies Act, which was used to justify the incarceration of 110,000 Japanese in World War Two and now, to deport migrants like Kilmar Abrego García