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Opposition leaders say ‘democracy in El Salvador has died’ after scrapping of presidential term limits

Legislation allows rightwing president Nayib Bukele to seek unlimited terms, sparking fears of dictatorship

The Guardian - US

El Salvador Just Made It Legal for Bukele To Stay in Power Indefinitely

With near-total control of Congress, Nayib Bukele’s party eliminated key limits on presidential power.

Reason

El Salvador Abolishes Presidential Term Limits, Allowing Another Bukele Run

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele secured the right to seek indefinite re-election on Thursday after his party-controlled Congress approved a sweeping constitutional reform that also extends presidential terms from five to six years.

International Business Times

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El Salvador Parliament Adopts Reform To Allow Bukele To Run Indefinitely

El Salvador's lawmakers on Thursday adopted a constitutional reform to abolish presidential term limits and allow current leader Nayib Bukele -- who enjoys overwhelming majority support in parliament -- to run indefinitely.

International Business Times

‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison

Arturo Suárez and others deported in Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown describe dire conditions at Cecot

The Guardian - UK

Democrat urges hearing into ‘human rights abuses’ at El Salvador megaprison

Delia Ramirez calls for investigation into federal funds paid to El Salvador to detain migrants at secretive Cecot site

The Guardian - US

'Welcome To Hell': Freed Migrants Tell Of Horrors In Salvadoran Jail

Mervin Yamarte left Venezuela with his younger brother, hoping for a better life.

International Business Times

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

A labor rights group in El Salvador has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a controversial “foreign agents” law

The Independent UK

Venezuelans deported by Trump to El Salvador describe ‘horror movie’ mega-prison

Men recently reunited with loved ones in their home country detail months of abuse at the facility

The Guardian - US

El Salvador's new wave of political exiles say history is repeating itself

Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador

The Independent UK

Venezuela's returning migrants allege abuses in El Salvador's 'hell' prison where US sent them

Venezuelan migrants imprisoned for months in El Salvador under a U.S. immigration crackdown have reunited with their families

The Independent UK

Tears Of Joy As Venezuelan Migrants Return From El Salvador Prison 'Hell'

Tears of joy and relief flowed freely Tuesday as Venezuelan Maikel Olivera returned home to his mother's embrace after surviving four months of "real hell" in a Salvadoran prison.

International Business Times

Venezuelan Deportees Detail Ordeal in El Salvador's Infamous Prison: 'I Was Sexually Abused by the Salvadoran Authorities'

Several Venezuelan migrants repatriated as part of a recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela have accused Salvadoran authorities of torture, sexual abuse, and other mistreatment

Latin Times

ICE Director Slams Hunter Biden Over Immigration Comments: 'That's Just Idiotic'

ICE acting Director Todd Lyons slammed Hunter Biden over comments he made about immigration

Latin Times

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Al Jazeera

Venezuela to probe El Salvador’s Bukele for ‘torture’ of US deportees

Deported migrants say they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food inside a notorious El Salvador prison.

Benzinga

Nayib Bukele Faces Investigation Over Alleged Abuse Of Venezuelan Detainees — El Salvador President Says 'Now They Shout and Get Indignant'

Venezuela initiated an inquiry on Monday into El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and two other officials on charges of alleged abuse of detained Venezuelans.

International Business Times

Venezuela Says Migrants Were Tortured In Salvadoran Prison

Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food.

The Independent UK

Venezuela opens an investigation into El Salvador's Bukele for alleged mistreatment of migrants

Venezuela's attorney general has launched an investigation into El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele for alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants

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Latin Times

Salvadoran President Bukele Responds to Controversial Hunter Biden Interview With Mocking Post: 'Is Hunter Biden Sniffing Powdered Milk?'

In a portion of the interview, Biden said: "I would pick up the phone and call the president in El Salvador and say, you either f—ing send them back or I'm going to f—ing invade"

Radio France Internationale

Barrot hails release of Franco-American tourist in prisoner swap in Venezuela

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Saturday hailed his American counterparts for their role in securing the release of the Franco-American tourist Lucas Hunter who had been held in Venezuela since January.

International Business Times

Migrants Freed From El Salvador Reach Venezuela In US Prisoner Deal

Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet reached home Friday after their release from a maximum security Salvadoran jail as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.

Al Jazeera

Venezuela frees 10 Americans in swap for deported men in El Salvador

President Donald Trump had deported nearly 200 Venezuelan men to an El Salvador prison, raising fears for their safety.

The Independent UK

Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that also frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela has released 10 jailed Americans in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

The Independent UK

Venezuelans deported by Trump to brutal El Salvador prison are transferred to Caracas in exchange for Americans

Dozens of newly released Venezuelans could expose conditions inside notorious prison after months-long legal battles

International Business Times

El Salvador Rights Group Says Forced Out By Bukele 'Repression'

A leading rights group investigating corruption in El Salvador said Thursday it had been forced into exile due to "escalating repression" by President Nayib Bukele's administration.

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