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10  may     10h00
I will keep defending immigrants’: new bishop, who was smuggled into the US as a teen, joins pope’s resistance to Trump
Alba Asenjo Domà­nguez in Washington    The Right Rev Evelio Menjivar-Ayala vows to keep talking’ as West Virginia bishop, amid tension between Trump and the VaticanThe new bishop appointed...
01  may     19h15
Pope appoints former undocumented immigrant as bishop of West Virginia
Marina Dunbar    Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy, selected Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as state’s new bishopSign up for the Breaking News US...
22  april     05h34
El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged members of notorious MS-13 gang
Reuters    Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counselA Salvadoran...
07  april     22h06
US seeks to deport Kilmar à brego Garcà a to Liberia despite new Costa Rica deal
Associated Press    Man born in El Salvador has been fighting removal to series of third’ countries after mistaken deportation last yearUS government attorneys on...
26  march     22h16
Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison
Maanvi Singh    Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facilityA group of 18 Venezuelan men whom...
17  march     14h00
Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves
Emma Bryce. Photographs by Angelo Picardo    Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and...
11  march     15h00
El Salvador’s mass arrest policy may have led to crimes against humanity, study shows
Thomas Graham in Tijuana    Experts documented murder, torture and disappearances under Nayib Bukele’s policy targeting gangsThe draconian mass incarceration policy of El...
10  march     11h00
Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Central America’s small coffee growers survive as global prices fall?
Words and photographs by Camilo Freedman in El Salvador and Honduras    Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs - and the need to adapt or be left behindRead more of our Coffee...
07  march     18h01
Trump convenes Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders
Edward Helmore    In Miami, president calls for regional cooperation to counter Chinese economic and political interestsDonald Trump changed the channel from Iran to...
03  march     12h00
Venezuelan man says his rose tattoos got him deported to El Salvador’s brutal prison: I thought my life had ended’
Justo Robles in Bogotá, Colombia    Trump administration accused Luis Mu oz Pinto of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang. Now living in Colombia he hopes to clear his name and study...
02  march     13h15
Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling
Harriet Barber    Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by...
18  february     10h00
Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds
Damien Gayle    Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a yearIn Ethiopia, the birthplace...
05  february     19h17
The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact
David Smith in Washington    Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless AmericaThey had come...
26  january     05h00
We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home - podcast
Written by à“scar Martà­nez and Carlos Martà­nez and read by Joseph Balderrama. Produced by Nicola Alexandrou. The executive producer was Ellie Bury    Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We...
28  december     12h00
We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
Maanvi Singh    After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in VenezuelaIn preparation for the new year,...
23  december     20h53
60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online
Jenna Amatulli    Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prisonA 60 Minutes episode investigating a...
22  december     18h35
Outrage after CBS pulls 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot prison
Edward Helmore in New York    Controversially appointed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says: I held that story and I held it because it wasn’t ready’CBS News was dealing with internal...
    17h12
CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison
Charlotte Simmonds, Jenna Amatulli , Edward Helmore and agencies    Backlash after broadcaster announces investigation, due to air on Sunday night, needs additional reporting’CBS News is facing a backlash, including...
    04h29
Man jailed for 1,335 years as El Salvador sentences almost 250 MS-13 gang members
Agence France-Presse    Attorney general’s office also says 10 people received prison terms from 463 to 958 years amid crackdown on gangs under state of emergencyEl Salvador...
11  december     23h11
Elon Musk teams with El Salvador to bring Grok chatbot to public schools
Dara Kerr    President Nayib Bukele entrusting chatbot known for calling itself MechaHitler’ to create AI-powered’ curriculaElon Musk is partnering with the...
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