El Salvador

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Tropical Storm Pilar Kills at Least 2 in El Salvador US 4mos
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Salvadoran troops besiege two cities in gang crackdown 5mos
El Salvador: Soldiers are said to have raped girls 6mos
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Innocent victims are collateral damage of El Salvador's purge of gangs - The Times 6mos
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How to match Bukele’s success against gangs? First, dismantle democracy. US 6mos
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KSrelief chief and El Salvador’s health minister discuss humanitarian and relief projects Saudi Arabia 6mos
Saudi aid chief discusses humanitarian concerns with El Salvador FM  Saudi Arabia 6mos
El Salvador shows how to do the crime. The example threatens to do school in Latin America US 6mos
Latin America must resist the siren call of the strongman | Financial Times US 7mos
Inside El Salvador mega prison where 12000 gang members are held - Daily Mail 7mos
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Inside El Salvador mega-prison six months after opening doors to 12000 skin-headed gangsters cr... 7mos
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Inside El Salvador mega prison where 12000 gang members are held - Daily Mail 7mos
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4 Takeaways From the Elections in Ecuador and Guatemala US Ecuador Guatemala 7mos
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As free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government social media influencers grow in power 7mos
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Could El Salvador’s gang crackdown spread across Latin America? US 7mos
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Gang crackdown bolsters El Salvador leader's re-election bid - Financial Times UK 7mos
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El Salvador president’s gang crackdown bolsters re-election bid 7mos
El Salvador sends 8,000 troops, police to rural province in gang crackdown - Al Jazeera English UK 7mos
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El Salvador fences off entire central Cabanas region in gang clampdown - The Telegraph UK 7mos
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El Salvador sends 7,000 soldiers to rural province in gang crackdown 7mos
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El Salvador rings off entire region to hem in gangs 7mos
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Sisma of magnitude 5.5 in Guatemala and El Salvador US Guatemala 7mos
El Salvador expresses support for Saudi Expo 2030 bid Saudi Arabia 7mos
El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up 8mos
El Salvador plans mass trials for those imprisoned in gang crackdown 8mos
El Salvador’s Congress votes to allow mass trials in gang crackdown 8mos
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El Salvador's president now boasts 90% support after 65K gang arrests - Daily Mail 8mos
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Inside El Salvador's war on crime - The Economist 8mos
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Pregnant migrants at US border say Texas soldiers denied them water US Honduras 8mos
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State Department sanctions 2 former Salvadoran leaders, dozens of officials in Central America US 8mos
Salvadoran government accused of doctoring true extent of Covid deaths 8mos
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Inside El Salvador's secretive mega-jail - BBC News - BBC News 8mos
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El Salvador's secretive mega-jail - BBC News - BBC 8mos
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A Trans Woman Is Crowned Miss Netherlands for the First Time Netherlands 8mos
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Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer - The Guardian 8mos
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Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer 8mos
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele nominated for re-election despite constitutional questions 8mos
Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador's President Bukele turns to sports US 8mos
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El Salvador sentences former president to 6 years in jail – DW – 07/06/2023 Nicaragua 8mos
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El Salvador: Former President Funes sentenced to 6 years – DW – 07/06/2023 Nicaragua 8mos
Honduras prison forces inmates to sit half-naked during search for contraband Honduras 9mos
Honduras: Military takes over prisons in crackdown on gangs after massacres Honduras 9mos
El Salvador's president registers for reelection despite constitutional objections 9mos
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Biden to extend legal status for 4 nationalities, reversing Trump but irking some Nicaragua Nepal Honduras 9mos
U.S. extends temporary protected status for more than 330,000 immigrants US Nicaragua Nepal Honduras 9mos
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Guatemala's presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador's leader Guatemala 9mos
Dozens of inmates 'tortured to death' in El Salvador prisons since crackdown on street gangs -... 9mos
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Human rights report finds at least 153 prisoners killed in El Salvador's jails in 'war on gangs... 9mos
El Salvador's ex-president behind bars for over a decade for his ties to criminal groups 9mos
At least 153 died in custody in El Salvador’s gang crackdown – report 9mos
El Salvador ex-president sentenced to 14 years over gang talks Nicaragua 9mos
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El Salvador: President Nayib Bukele is hard against gangs 10mos
El Salvador's President Bukele is hard against gangs 10mos
El Salvador’s Prison State 10mos
El Salvador's Alianza: Fans banned from club stadium after deadly crush 10mos
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Stampede by fans at football stadium leaves 12 dead in El Salvador 10mos
El Salvador: 12 killed, 90 hurt in stampede at El Salvador soccer stadium 10mos
At least 12 dead, 100 hurt in El Salvador football stadium stampede 10mos
El Salvador stadium crush kills 12; officials vow to find those responsible 10mos
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Several dead in stampede at El Salvador stadium - Yahoo News UK UK UK El Salvador 10mos
El Salvador soccer stadium stampede leaves 12 dead – DW – 05/21/2023 10mos
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At least 12 people dead after crowd crush at football stadium in El Salvador 10mos
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At least dozen killed in El Salvador football stadium crush 10mos
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El Salvador: Stampede at football stadium kills nine people - The Telegraph 10mos
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El Salvador: At least nine dead after football fans 'smothered' in stampede at stadium - Sky Ne... 10mos
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'Avalanche of fans': At least nine dead after stampede at El Salvador soccer stadium 10mos
At least 9 dead in stampede at soccer stadium in El Salvador | CBC Sports 10mos
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At Least 9 Dead in Soccer Stadium Stampede in El Salvador 10mos
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At least 12 killed in El Salvador stadium stampede 10mos
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El Salvador: At least nine dead after football fans 'smothered' in stampede at stadium 10mos
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Several dead in stampede at El Salvador stadium 10mos
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5 trade moves China has made in 2023 in the US’ backyard of Latin America China US Nicaragua Brazil Argentina Ecuador 10mos
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El Salvador gangs: Mass arrests bring calm but at what price? - BBC 10mos
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El Salvador gangs: Mass arrests bring calm but at what price? 10mos
El Salvador vows harsh response after slaying of police officer 10mos
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President blasts ‘human rights’ NGOs after police death 10mos
Fans went to admire El Salvador’s gang crackdown — and got arrested 10mos
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El Salvador claims zero murders committed for a year after gang crackdown - The Telegraph France 10mos
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World’s most violent country claims murder-free year 10mos
Oscar Martinez: 'Journalism is indispensable' – DW – 05/03/2023 10mos
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US man, 79, beaten to death in Mexico while delivering donations to the poor US Mexico 10mos
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El Salvador tries ex-leader Funes in absentia for gang truce Nicaragua 11mos
El Salvador: The shocking truth behind the world's biggest gang roundup - The Telegraph 11mos
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El Salvador news outlet relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele's crackdown - The Guardian Costa Rica 11mos
El Salvador news outlet relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele's crackdown - The Guardian Costa Rica 11mos
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El Salvador publication relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele’s crackdown Costa Rica 11mos
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Mexico nabs, swiftly deports MS-13 gang leader to El Salvador US Mexico 11mos
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‘Criminalising journalism’: Famous Salvadoran outlet to relocate 11mos
OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights 11mos
Retired Salvadoran officer arrested by ICE, implicated in massacre US 11mos
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ICE arrests retired Salvadoran military officer accused of involvement in massacre 11mos
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El Salvador committing ‘systematic’ abuses in gang purge: Amnesty 11mos
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Crypto evangelists enter the Bukele government: The dark business of bitcoin in El Salvador US 11mos
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Murder in El Salvador with blunt ax eradicated 11mos
'No information about my son': El Salvador's state of emergency over gang violence drags on 11mos
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Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep 1yr
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El Salvador marks its first year under anti-gang crackdown US 1yr
El Salvador: A nation under hypnosis 1yr
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El Salvador president readies bill to eliminate taxes on tech 1yr
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‘Historic moment’ as El Salvador abortion case fuels hopes for expanded access across Latin Ame... US 1yr