Tag: <span>El Salvador</span>
December 28, 2022 > Tiziano Breda
Latin America Likes Bukele’s ‘War on Gangs.’ That’s a Problem
This story first appeared in World Politics Review. To view it, click here. Back in October, the mother of Karla Raquel Garcia stood with other protesting parents outside the juvenile […] Read More >
April 21, 2016 > Staff
El Salvador Unveils New Gang Unit for Rural Areas
Top Story — The government of El Salvador has dispatched 1,000 soldiers and police officers to the countryside to combat gangs, reflecting a recent shift in gang activity away from […] Read More >
February 23, 2016 > Katie Schlechter
Child Migrants Face Challenges, But Are Kids Again on the Soccer Field
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on February 17, 2016, and is the second in a two-part series. NEW YORK — On artificial turf at the foot of […] Read More >
February 11, 2016 > Staff
Another Former Salvadoran President to Face Corruption Charges
Top Story — The Salvadoran Supreme Court ordered a civil prosecution Wednesday of former President Mauricio Funes on corruption charges. Though the case does not include drug charges, justices voted […] Read More >
January 14, 2016 > Staff
U.S. To Admit More Central American Refugees Amid Migrant Crisis
Top Story — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in an address to the National Defense University on Wednesday that the country will expand the number of Central American […] Read More >
June 3, 2015 > Staff
Murder in El Salvador Hits Highest Levels Since Civil War
Top Story — El Salvador saw more murders in the month of May than in any other month since the end of the country’s civil war in 1992, as gang […] Read More >
April 9, 2015 > Staff
US Deports Salvadoran ‘Dirty War’ General
Top Story — U.S. authorities on Wednesday deported a ex-army general from El Salvador for his alleged role in human rights abuses during that country’s civil war, which ran from […] Read More >
March 12, 2015 > Staff
Former El Salvador General Charged with Torture Loses Deportation Appeal
Top Story — The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals struck down Wednesday the request of a former high-ranking El Salvadoran official that he not be extradited back to his home […] Read More >
January 12, 2015 > Laura C. Mallonee
Rudy Giuliani Will Advise El Salvador on Security, Justice Reform
On Dec. 2, El Salvador’s business community announced it had hired former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to advise the Salvadoran government on how to curb soaring crime driven […] Read More >
November 25, 2014 > Camila Osorio
As The World Looks To Mexico, News From Another Massacre Goes Unnoticed
The world has been focusing for almost two months on the disappearance and reported killing of 43 Mexican students by a drug gang — an act in which government forces […] Read More >