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El Salvador

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks after receiving Costa Rica’s highest honor from President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Credit: Jose Diaz/AP.)

Church opposes president’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador

Dec 3, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

A member of a feminist group holds a sign that reads in Spanish: “Bukele dictator,” during a protest against the vote tally that delayed results in the election at the Salvador del Mundo square in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

Church members note irregularities in Bukele’s reelection in El Salvador

Feb 16, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Patrons sit at a food store decorated with a mural of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who is running for re-election, in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

Catholic group calls on ‘world’s coolest dictator’ to end prison without trial

Feb 3, 2024
Claire Page

Critics ask where Romero’s legacy is amid El Salvador’s ‘state of exception’

Nov 15, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Fight for justice is not a political battle, pope tells Salvadorans

Oct 14, 2022
Carol Glatz

More than two dozen reported dead after Julia lashes Central America

Oct 11, 2022
Rhina Guidos

San Salvador archbishop under fire for presidential reelection comments

Sep 28, 2022
Rhina Guidos

Nicaragua bishops rally to support prelate detained by Ortega’s forces

Nicaragua bishops rally to support prelate detained by Ortega’s forces

Aug 8, 2022
Inés San Martín

Salvadoran Archbishop praises government crackdown on gangs

Aug 1, 2022
Associated Press

At massacre site, Salvadoran cardinal condemns vengeance, exalts peace

May 19, 2022
Rhina Guidos