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More than 100,000 plastic lids complete world's tallest recycled mural in El Salvador

Venezuelan Óscar Olivares is the man behind the world's tallest mural of plastic lids in the Zacamil neighbourhood of San Salvador. The piece is more than 13 metres high and was built with more than 100,000 pieces recycled by the community.

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El Salvador’s Mona Lisa gets a colourful makeover in a 13‑metre mural made from recycled caps

A new Mona Lisa has appeared in El Salvador. But this isn’t Leonardo da Vinci’s original. Instead, it seems a local twist has been added, in more ways than one. A towering 13-metre mural now dominates a building in Zacamil, a working-class area of San Salvador. And it’s made entirely…

The Times of India

Bitcoin Gets Its First State-Backed Conference In El Salvador's Capital — Max Keiser, Jack Mallers Among Speakers

El Salvador’s National Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Office teased on Monday a two-day state-backed cryptocurrency conference, BITCOIN HISTÓRICO, set to take place in November in the country’s capital, San Salvador.

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David Vs Goliath: Inside The Legal Battle To Help Trump's Deportees In El Salvador

A small group of overstretched and outmatched lawyers is fighting for the rights of men deported by the Trump administration and held in a notorious Salvadoran prison -- a David vs.

International Business Times

In El Salvador, A River Without Fish Feeds Fear Of Mining

El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. In the community of Santa Rosa de Lima, a two-hour drive from the capital San Salvador, wastewater still flows directly into the San Sebastian river from a nearby hill where a gold mine operated for 100 years until 2006.

International Business Times

USCIS will open the first ever field office in South America

Quito, Ecuador, will become only the sixth city in Latin America to host a USCIS office after Guatemala City, Mexico City, Havana, San Salvador and Tegucigalpa

Latin Times

Salvadorans honoring Saint Óscar Romero: During these difficult times, he is like a ray of hope

Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero's pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018

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Portraits from El Salvador's nearly 2-year, sprawling crackdown on gang suspects

Salvadoran photographer Carlos Barrera takes a look at the nearly two years of human rights violations allegedly committed by the government of El Salvador during the country's state of emergency.

WEKU

Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has won plaudits both at home and abroad for his indiscriminate security crackdown that has seen more than 1% of the country's population put in prison.

WEKU

Most Affordable Travel Destinations For Backpackers In 2024: Enjoy Without Breaking The Bank

If you want to go backpacking this year, check out our list of most affordable travel destinations for backpackers.

International Business Times

Zuleyka Rivera posts stylishly dressed adventurous Instagram pictures from El Salvador

Zuleyka Rivera shares a photo on Instagram, stylishly dressed in grey, ready for fun. The picture was taken in El Salvador, San Salvador.

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Authorities investigate El Salvador stadium crush with at least 12 people dead

The incident happened during a match between Alianza and FAS at the Cuscatlan Stadium in San Salvador.

The Independent UK

At least 12 people dead after crowd crush at football stadium in El Salvador

At least 12 people have died and more than 100 were injured in a crush at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, the nation’s capital

The Guardian - UK

El Salvador stadium crush: At least 12 dead after stampede at football match

The tragedy occurred during a match in the capital San Salvador

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9 dead in El Salvador stadium stampede at football match: police

Nine people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said.

Reuters

Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep

Several hundred people in El Salvador took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the year-long anti-gang policies of President Nayib Bukele, many demanding the release of relatives they say have been unjustly caught up in the sweeping dragnet.

Reuters

El Salvador vows gang crackdown will go on as citizens cheer safer streets

El Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be maintained until all criminals are captured, the country's security minister told Reuters.

Reuters

El Salvador conducts anti-drug military operation on Christmas Eve

El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said on Saturday, part of the country's controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs.

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El Salvador deploys 10,000 troops to gang-run capital suburb

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

The Independent UK

Reviving Mexico's groundbreaking muralism a century later

Artists in a small Mexican town are using their talents to revive muralism, a movement that put the country at the vanguard of art a century ago

The Independent UK

Salvadoran Archbishop praises government crackdown on gangs

The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador is praising a months-long state of emergency that has rounded of tens of thousands of suspects in a crackdown on gangs

Irish Mirror

Referee dies after being viciously attacked by players and fans over red card

Jose Arnaldo Anaya, 63, passed away as a result of internal bleeding he sustained while officiating a match at the Toluca Stadium in Miramont, San Salvador, last weekend

Daily Mirror

Referee dies after attack by players and supporters for showing red card in El Salvador

Jose Arnaldo Anaya, 63, passed away as a result of internal injuries sustained while officiating the match at the Toluca Stadium in Miramont, San Salvador, last weekend

The Guardian - UK

World’s most violent cities: Medellín crime surge helps Latin America top list

Region has two-thirds of world’s most dangerous cities, with Bogotá, Rio, Mexico City and San Salvador also named in study

Los Angeles Times

In response to killings, El Salvador’s bitcoin president attacks civil liberties

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — After a dramatic spike in killings here over a single weekend last month, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s reaction was swift — and extreme.

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