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Live-streaming journalist deported to El Salvador after months in ICE custody
(CNN) — Mario Guevara, the Salvadoran journalist who gained popularity by documenting immigration raids, has been deported after spending months in federal custody. Guevara was deported to his native El Salvador early Friday morning, the Committee...
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Mario Guevara expected to be deported to El Salvador after request to stay in U.S. denied
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The Spanish journalist's team argues this is retaliation for his reports on immigration and law enforcement. He was arrested during the "No Kings" protest in June. ATLANTA — A day after the Court of Appeals denied his request to stay in the United...
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El Salvador's Bukele was forerunner in trend to help nations prosper with Bitcoin. Has it paid off?
Fifteen years ago almost nobody had heard of Bitcoin. Now it’s a frequent topic of global debate – nowhere more than in the tiny Central American nation of El Salvador: the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. President...
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El Salvador Navy Seizes $44.8 Million Cocaine Shipment in Record Drug Bust.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced a new milestone in the country’s fight against international drug trafficking, after authorities intercepted a vessel carrying 1,795 kilos of cocaine worth over $44.8 million. The operation was...
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El Salvador Punishes Rights Defenders Through Penal System
Family members and activists attend a hearing to demand the release of Alejandro Henríquez and Jose Angel Perez, two human rights defenders detained in El Salvador. Amnesty International denounces that the constant extension of the state of...
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El Salvador Chosen to Host World Tourism Day 2026, Highlighting Digital Transformation.
El Salvador has been selected to host World Tourism Day 2026, marking a milestone in the nation’s growing international recognition as a tourism hub. The announcement was made during the 2025 global celebrations in Melaka, Malaysia, where the...
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El Salvador Launches High-Value Cacao Reforestation Program
The Ministry of Local Development of El Salvador has launched the “Productive Reforestation with High-Value Cacao” program, a strategic initiative designed to strengthen export-quality cacao production, boost the national economy, and promote...
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'Unconstitutional, Un-American, and Wrong': Journalist Mario Guevara to Be Deported to El Salvador Friday
Journalist Mario Guevara's family and lawyers said Thursday that the award-winning Spanish-language journalist is set to be deported from the United States to his native El Salvador on Friday morning. The announcement comes after the 11th Circuit...
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After the Fall of “Roe,” Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be Model for US?
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive...
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Why Max Keiser Sees El Salvador as the Model for America’s Bitcoin Future.
Max Keiser, the veteran financial broadcaster and Bitcoin advocate, has been central to El Salvador’s transformation into the world’s first “Bitcoin Country.” Beyond promoting the idea, he has helped shape institutions, laws, and projects that...
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Hondurans Choose El Salvador to Celebrate Morazán Holiday Week
While some voices spread rumors of conflict, El Salvador has demonstrated unity and hospitality by welcoming hundreds of Honduran tourists who chose the country as their destination during Morazanic Week. The Historic Center of San Salvador became...
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International News: El Salvador sentences former officials for Gang negotiations
Views: 230 Views: 228 Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025. 2:12 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: A Salvadoran court has sentenced 3 former officials from the country’s main opposition parties, ARENA and FMLN, for negotiating electoral support from the MS-13...
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I went to El Salvador to see if the country really gave up on Bitcoin
In late August, I had the pleasure of visiting El Salvador for the first time. I didn’t know what to expect. The bar had been set high by both conservative and liberal media, who either praised or decried President Nayib Bukele’s vigorous war on...
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El Salvador Reduces Multidimensional Poverty to 21.1% in 2024, Report Shows
The Government of El Salvador has reported a significant reduction in multidimensional poverty, which fell to 21.1% in 2024, according to the latest Multiple Purpose Household Survey (EHPM 2024) published by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). This...
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El Salvador Reaches Historic Investment in Health Services
Healthcare is another major priority in the 2026 budget, with $1,325 million allocated, setting a new record for national investment in this sector. These resources will strengthen hospital infrastructure, expand access to medical equipment, and...
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America’s Outsourced Deportations: Trump’s $6 Million Gift to El Salvador for a Favor
Courtesy Government of El Salvador It is unclear how much U.S. money has actually been spent, whether any monitoring mechanisms exist, or if conditions were attached beyond the vague stipulations already disclosed. By Matthew A. McIntosh Public...
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La Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador deja el país por la Ley de Agentes Extranjeros impulsada por Bukele
Por CNN en Español La Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (APES) informó este miércoles que trasladó fuera del país su personería jurídica ante “la necesidad urgente de trabajar sin limitaciones ni presiones” en la nación centroamericana. La...
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Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates
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A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws and has imprisoned women who suffered obstetric emergencies like...
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El Salvador sentences former officials for negotiating electoral support with gangs
A Salvadoran court has convicted three former public officials from the country’s main opposition parties — the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)— for negotiating political support...
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El Salvador Allocates $1,037.2 Million to Security and Defense in 2026 Budget
The 2026 General State Budget proposes an allocation of $1,037.2 million for Security and Defense, underscoring the government’s continued commitment to maintaining public order and strengthening national defense capacities. Presented alongside...
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