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 The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2022
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. Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022
El Salvador reels as 6,000 people arrested in unprecedented crackdown Authoritarian populist president Nayib Bukele has suspended rights in state of emergency justified as attack on MS13 gang The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2022
El Salvador's president buys Bitcoins 'naked,' he boasts. His experiment is costing his nation millions SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Four months into El Salvador's experiment as the first and only country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal currency, the International Monetary Fund had seen enough. Los Angeles Times · Feb 24, 2022
Salvadoran women freed from jail after abortion convictions seek clemency for others Four Salvadoran women recently freed from prison after a judicial review of their convictions for aggravated homicide following miscarriages called on Tuesday for another 12 women being prosecuted in El Salvador under similar circumstances to have their charges quashed. Reuters · Feb 22, 2022
In Latin America's new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats? SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president and the Chinese ambassador traded flatteries this month as they broke ground on a new national library, one of a slew of gifts China has promised this small mountainous nation as part of its vigorous quest to gain influence across Central America. Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022