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Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes who lived in exile in...
Funes governed El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. He lived his final nine years under the protection of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, whose...
Drag queens compete for top prize in Nicaragua pageant
16 July 2023 6:36 AMThe Mix Imperial Central American Tropical Drag Royale provided a stage for drag performers in a region where LGBT people often face discrimination...
As hunger spreads under lockdown, Guatemalans and Salvadorans raise...
22 May 2020 7:52 AMStrict coronavirus lockdowns in Guatemala and El Salvador have so battered local economies that hundreds of families are flying white flags outside...
US cuts military aid to El Salvador amid intense lobbying
29 Dec 2020 12:56 AMThe US is slashing foreign military aid to El Salvador despite staunchly pro-American President Nayib Bukele's intense lobbying in Washington to...
Salvadoran president set to consolidate power in Sunday's elections
26 Feb 2021 11:49 AMThe party of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is expected to win a sweeping victory in Sunday’s legislative and municipal elections, stoking the...
El Salvador president says missing teen found, daughter of woman...
31 March 2021 11:26 PMEl Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday that a missing teenager has been found, identifying her as the daughter of Victoria Salazar, who...
'My soul has left me': family grieves after El Salvador mass grave...
30 May 2021 3:08 AMIn his wrinkled hands, Jose de la Cruz held a tangled gold-colored necklace adorned with hearts and a pendant spelling out the word "love."
In a world first, El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender
9 Jun 2021 5:31 PMEl Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after Congress approved President Nayib Bukele's proposal to...