El Salvador
Bukele Threatens El Salvador’s ‘Homeboys’ as Gang Killings Rise
“Because of your actions, now your homeboys won’t see a ray of sun,” El Salvador's president tweeted following a spike in murders.
The Dark Truth About El Salvador’s Plummeting Murder Rate
President Nayib Bukele takes credit for a sharp drop in gang murders. But a mother’s search for her missing children tells a more complicated story.
El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Sent a Woman to Jail for 30 Years. Now She’s Out.
In 2011, Elsy suffered a medical emergency about 22 weeks into her pregnancy, leading to a stillbirth, activists say.
Is El Salvador’s Millennial President Negotiating with the Gangs?
Strongman President Nayib Bukele is taking credit for homicide numbers declining, but police say there’s more to the story.
El Salvador Is Pinning All Its Hopes on Becoming the New Cryptoland
El Salvador is the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal. Is it the future of state finance or a huge risk?
Meet MS-13’s ‘Black Widow’ Who Tricked Men Into Marriage and Killed Them
Esmeralda Aravel Flores Acosta formed a working relationship with the MS-13 gang that helped her coerce and kill victims in one of the first human-trafficking cases of its kind.
El Salvador President Announces Bitcoin Tax Haven With UFOs and Fireworks
President Bukele’ scheme is the latest in a long line of plans to offer places where people can park their crypto wealth without paying taxes.
The ‘El Chapo’ of Guatemala Is a Woman
Marixa and her sister Mayra turned local politics into a blood sport on the Guatemala–El Salvador border.
El Salvador Just Used COVID to Justify a Ban on Protests
President Nayib Bukele is widely popular, but his most recent measure has drawn accusations that he is trying to suppress opposition demonstrations.
McDonald's Accepts Bitcoin In El Salvador As Crypto Becomes Official Currency
The massive chain began accepting cryptocurrency as the country's controversial Bitcoin Law came into effect, with more on the way.
A Critic of El Salvador's Bitcoin Law Was Arrested Allegedly Without a Warrant
The arrest of cryptocurrency expert and Bitcoin law critic Mario Gómez sparked a social media campaign before he was eventually released.
El Salvador’s President Destroyed Evidence of Gang Dealings: Report
Videos and documents compiled by investigators show the director of prisons seized records of meetings between the MS-13 and Nayib Bukele