World-Class Boxing Event to Be Hosted in El Salvador.

El Salvador continues to position itself as a global destination for major sporting events. Mauricio Sulaimán, @wbcmoro President of the World Boxing Council (WBC), officially announced the staging of a world-class boxing card to take place in the country …

How El Salvador Became One of the Safest Countries in the Western Hemisphere.

170 Days Without Homicides in 2025: A Milestone in Western Hemisphere Public Safety According to El Salvador’s Ministry of Security, the country has reached 170 days without a single homicide in 2025, as of July. This achievement marks a historic moment in …

Transforming Tourism: El Salvador Trains Indigenous Women as Certified Tour Guides.

As part of President Nayib Bukele’s ongoing commitment to inclusive development and cultural revitalization, 17 women from the indigenous communities of San Antonio del Monte and Cuisnahuat, Sonsonate, have been officially certified as local site guides. …

‘Hell on earth.’ A Venezuelan deportee describes abuse in El Salvador prison

CARACAS, Venezeula — When Jerce Reyes Barrios and other Venezuelan deportees entered a maximum security prison in El Salvador this spring, he said guards greeted them with taunts. “Welcome to El Salvador, you sons of bitches,” Reyes Barrios said the guards …

Migrant sent to El Salvador prison by the Trump administration says he was beaten by guards

Labor rights group asks El Salvador’s supreme court to strike down contentious ‘foreign agents’ law

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — A labor rights group in El Salvador on Thursday asked the country’s Supreme Court to strike down a contentious “foreign agents” law promoted by President Nayib Bukele, which critics have said is intended to silence dissent. The law, …

New Roads, Big Impact: El Salvador Enhances Pacific Corridor Near Acajutla Port.

The Salvadoran Congress has approved the allocation of $22.8 million to the Ministry of Public Works for the improvement of two key sections of the Pacific Corridor, as part of the Surf City Phase 1 project. The funding was endorsed by 55 lawmakers during …

Migrant sent to El Salvador prison by the Trump administration says he was beaten by guards

Deported Venezuelan imprisoned in El Salvador files formal complaint against US

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Venezuelan man filed a formal complaint on Thursday against the U.S. government for sending him to El Salvador's most notorious prison, a new legal strategy that could be duplicated by others who have said they were …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador, released from U.S. jail

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant who was wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges, on Wednesday won release from jail and a temporary block on any effort to deport him again. U.S. …