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How El Salvador's brutal crackdown on crime transformed the country... and prompted US to declare it safer than Britain
In 2015, there were 6,656 murders in the small Central American country, which has a population of just 6.4 million. But in ...
Venezuelans Held In El Salvador Not Gang Members: Caracas
None of the 252 Venezuelans who spent four months in a notorious Salvadoran prison belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang as claimed by the United States when it sent them there, the government in ...
El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others
Lawmakers approved constitutional changes abolishing term limits and allowing President Nayib Bukele to stay in power ...
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These Are the 8 Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations in New York Right Now
New York City has a reputation for being larger-than-life in many areas, and that includes crime. Movies and t.v. series love ...
How has ‘world’s coolest dictator’ Bukele consolidated power?
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — El Salvador has abruptly changed its constitution to remove term limits, paving the way for ...
Bukele Primed As Leader For Life, Say Critics
There was no shortage of warning signs that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele would attempt to stay in power indefinitely, ...
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How Nayib Bukele Consolidated Total Power in El Salvador
El Salvador’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform enabling President Nayib Bukele’s indefinite reelection, raising ...
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Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador’s mega-prison
In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a ...
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El Salvador Scraps Presidential Term Limits – Why Some Say Nayib Bukele Could Rule Indefinitely
El Salvador has abolished presidential limits, allowing indefinite re-election for President Bukele amid mounting concerns ...
Analysis-Leader for life? El Salvador's Bukele headed that way, critics say
There was no shortage of warning signs that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele would attempt to stay in power indefinitely, ...
El Salvador opens path for its president to stay in power indefinitely. Why critics aren’t surprised
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly pushed through a constitutional reform overnight eliminating presidential term limits, ...