Trump gathered some 15 like-minded Latin American leaders in Miami to launch the Shield of the Americas, an anti-cartel military alliance, while...

   Félix Ulloa says Europe does not understand what he describes as ’the miracle of Bukele’ after a radical crackdown on gang violence. While crime has...

   Venezuelan à scar Olivares is the man behind the world’s tallest mural of plastic lids in the Zacamil neighbourhood of San Salvador. The piece is...

   Trump announced a series of trade and tariff deals as a way to counter criticism over rising food costs, framing them as a boost to supply chains and...

   The three men, who are now in their 80s and 90s, each received a 15-year jail sentence.

   Rights group have condemned the move and have expressed concern that the attorney’s whereabouts are still not known.

   As the European Union scrambles to find bargaining chips for future trade talks with the Trump administration, there is something Brussels could...

   Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still being held in El Salvador despite the US government’s admission that he was deported due to an ’administrative error’.

   Relatives of Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador held a protest outside the UN offices in Caracas on Tuesday, denouncing what they called...

   If the Justice Department declines to prosecute the matter, District Judge James E. Boasberg said he will appoint another attorney to prosecute the...

   El Salvador’s leader has become a vital ally for the US president as his administration cracks down on immigration.

   The Trump administration admitted last week that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation was due to an ’administrative error’.

   Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had legal protection from being deported to his home country of El Salvador, from which his lawyers say he fled aged 16.

   In a video filmed at the jail, Kristi Noem warned immigrants that they could face the same fate as the 238 Venezuelans controversially deported by...

   Visiting a high-security El Salvador prison, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reinforced the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown...

   President Bukele said his country will accept convicted criminals of all nationalities, including US citizens, into its prison system for a fee.

   The Department of Homeland Security also extended Temporary Protected Status for more than 103,000 Ukrainians and 1,900 Sudanese that are already...

   The country banned all metals mining above ground and below in 2017 in order to protect the small country’s water resources from contamination.

   President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of the mega prison when El Salvador began massive arrests in response to a surge in gang violence in...

   For many the election hinged on the tradeoff of curtailed civil liberties for security in a country once terrorized by gangs.

   Opened six months ago, the penitentiary was built on the orders of President Nayib Bukele and is a symbol of his war against gangs.

   Let the pictures tell the story.

   Each year processions, children’s events and sporting competitions are held as part of the festivities, typically under an increased police presence

   The South Asian kingdom hopes to become the second country in the world to run its state-owned crypto mine.

   A major part of the problem is that the drop in the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has alienated investors.

   Like incandescent stones shooting out of a volcano, the inhabitants of Nejapa, a village 20 km north of San Salvador, gather every year to throw...

   The violence is a longstanding problem.

   President Nayib Bukele’s war on gangs in El Salvador is now in its first month after a crime wave that left 87 people dead last month, with more than...

   Officers dragged half-naked inmates out of their cells, forced them to run and searched them in the courtyard. President Nayib Bukele issued an...

   Ok boomers... You have 0 jurisdiction on a sovereign and independent nation, Bukele said, referring to the older generation of baby boomers .

   El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender and is resisting any pushback on that, while Snap shares surge after a...

   El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but the International Monetary Fund is not a fan.

   Billed as ’fully ecological’ powered by geothermal energy from a volcano, El Salvador’s Bitcoin City is the country’s latest commitment to crypto.

   Of the 107 megawatts generated by the plant, five are used for the operation and mining of Bitcoin and the rest for the country’s power grid.

   A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants continued their mass exodus from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula Sunday, reaching a...

   Traders are evacuated and emergency services work at the scene as a huge fire burns at San Salvador’s San Miguelito market.

   A court will look at complaints against Bitcoin purchases made by El Salvador’s government, Elon Musk leads tributes to Sir Clive Sinclair, plus more...

   Protesters marched against moves by President Nayib Bukele to centralise power, attacking Bitcoin ATMs installed by the government.

   For a fourth day in a row on Friday, technical glitches marred attempts by Salvadorans to download and use the country’s new digital wallet.

   Ukraine is the fifth country in as many weeks to set up ground rules for digital currencies, following El Salvador’s move to use Bitcoin as legal...

   All eyes were on El Salvador as it made Bitcoin official legal tender. But the cryptocurrency market had other plans.

   Skepticism around Bitcoin was not dispelled when Salvadorans couldn’t access the country’s new digital wallet - or when its price slid.

   As El Salvador is about to use Bitcoin as legal tender, a study shows many are distrustful of the crypto and some don’t even know what it is.

   The country’s Congress approved the funding as it prepares to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency on September 7.

   Other countries are keen to see whether the historic decision to make Bitcoin legal tender pays off. El Salvadorans are less convinced.

   El Salvador was the first. But if Paraguay succeeds in following suit, it may not be the last in Latin America to put its faith in crypto.

   El Salvador’s decision to make Bitcoin an official currency is a watershed for crypto - and it’s setting off a chain reaction in Latin America.

   El Salvador president Nayib Bukele said history had been made with Bitcoin now due to become legal tender within 90 days.

   El Salvador is a nose ahead of the rest in the battle against COVID-19 - with sniffer dogs.

   The town of Nejapa, El Salvador celebrated its annual fireball festival on Saturday (August 31) with participants pelting each other with rags...