Four years ago, Uziel de Jesús Pineda walked out of jail a hero. Two dozen fishermen had been arrested from an island free of gangs. He died on Tuesday of kidney failure, forced to check in at a distant courthouse to avoid returning to prison. 📸 Carlos Barrera beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

The Trump administration deported more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison, even though most had no gang ties. What did both governments gain from this? @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and El Faro teamed up to find out. Watch “The Deal” now on @PBS. shorturl.at/zvNxT

In 2025, 252 migrants were sent to El Salvador as part of an agreement between Trump and the Bukele administration. What did both presidents gain from it? @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and @elfaroenglish.bsky.social joined forces to find the answers. Stream “The Deal” on @pbs.org now.

If you need even more reason to watch this, it’s a collaboration between an embattled and storied public television station and one of the best news outlets in the hemisphere.

TONIGHT: @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and @elfaroenglish.bsky.social investigated what’s behind the agreement between President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to send deported migrants to Salvadoran prisons, and what each leader gained. Here’s the trailer of “The Deal.” Premiering at 10pm ET on PBS.

How was the agreement between President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to detain deportees in El Salvador negotiated? What did each leader gain from the deal? @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and @elfaroenglish.bsky.social are teaming up to present “The Deal.” Premieres tonight 10pm ET @pbs.org.

TONIGHT: @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and investigated what’s behind the agreement between President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to send deported migrants to Salvadoran prisons, and what each leader gained. Here’s the trailer of “The Deal.” Premiering at 10pm ET on @pbs.org.

How was the deal between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to imprison deportees in El Salvador made? What did each leader gain from the deal? @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and @elfaro.net are teaming up to present “The Deal.” Premieres April 7 on @pbs.org.

#CentralAmericanLens | A migrant boy named Dani was haunted by many hells at age 13. In 2018, he joined the largest caravan of Salvadorans heading to the U.S. Today, very few migrants manage to cross the border. Very few like Dani. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-... 📷 by @victorpena84

Human rights experts condemn US boat strikes against civilians. Costa Rica commits to receiving 25 third-country migrants per week from the US. Bukele’s legislature approves life in prison for a slate of severe crimes, including for minors. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

The Inter-American Court condemns Honduras for trying to uproot Caribbean Garifunas. Guatemalan political elites battle over nominations to the tainted top court. Cristosal reports 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

#EfPhoto 📷 | In Quetzaltenango, migration is a historic tradition. Families where women take care of everything are the norm, writes @barreraescarlos. Some returned to Guatemala years ago; others recently, under the terror imposed by ICE in US cities. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Human rights experts condemn US boat strikes against civilians. Costa Rica commits to receiving 25 third-country migrants per week from the US. Bukele’s legislature approves life in prison for a slate of severe crimes, including for minors. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Translating, documenting, and chronicling Central America since 1998. Support independent journalism by becoming a crowdfunder today. bit.ly/3TFWLzu

#CentralAmericanLens | A migrant boy named Dani was haunted by many hells at age 13. In 2018, he joined the largest caravan of Salvadorans heading to the U.S. Today, very few migrants manage to cross the border. Very few like Dani. 📷 by @victorpena84 beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

#efOpinion | The Shield of the Americas seeks to impose a militarized agenda against drug trafficking, writes @ricardovalp. In return, Trump rewards certain leaders, from traditional conservatives to crypto-authoritarians, with a semblance of friendship. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

🎙️ This week: Human rights experts condemn US boat strikes against civilians. Costa Rica commits to receiving 25 third-country migrants per week from the US. Bukele’s legislature approves life in prison for a slate of severe crimes, including for minors. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

#EfPhoto 📷 | In Quetzaltenango, migration is a historic tradition. Families where women take care of everything are the norm, writes @barreraescarlos. Some returned to Guatemala years ago; others recently, under the terror imposed by ICE in US cities. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

🎙️This week: Human rights experts condemn US boat strikes against civilians. Costa Rica commits to receiving 25 third-country migrants per week from the US. Bukele’s legislature approves life in prison for a slate of severe crimes, including for minors. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

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With crimes against humanity in El Salvador on full international display, Bukele denounces the findings as a “coordinated” conspiracy. In Honduras, Chinese relations hang in the balance with the new Trump-backed president, Tito Asfura. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

#EfPhoto 📷 | In Quetzaltenango, migration is a historic tradition. Families where women take care of everything are the norm, writes @barreraescarlos. Some returned to Guatemala years ago; others recently, under the terror imposed by ICE in US cities. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Subscribe to El Faro English for the best stories to understand Central America: elfaro.net/suscribe/en/

#efOpinion | The Shield of the Americas seeks to impose a militarized agenda against drug trafficking, writes @ricardovalp. In return, Trump rewards certain leaders, from traditional conservatives to crypto-authoritarians, with a semblance of friendship. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

#EfPhoto 📷️ | In Quetzaltenango, migration is a historic tradition. Families where women take care of everything are the norm, writes @barreraescarlos. Some returned to Guatemala years ago; others recently, under the terror imposed by ICE in US cities. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

El Faro obtained documents confirming Guatemala’s current AG signed papers in at least eight irregular adoptions in the early 1980s. This year, a record of the position in which she signed off on them is absent from her reelection portfolio. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

📸 In Quetzaltenango, migration is a historic tradition. Families where women take care of everything are the norm. Some returned to Guatemala years ago; others recently, under the terror imposed by ICE in US cities. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

The Inter-American Court condemns Honduras for trying to uproot Caribbean Garifunas. Guatemalan political elites battle over nominations to the tainted top court. Cristosal reports 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

#CentralAmericanLens | A migrant boy named Dani was haunted by many hells at age 13. In 2018, he joined the largest caravan of Salvadorans heading to the U.S. Today, very few migrants manage to cross the border. Very few like Dani. 📷️ by @victorpena84 beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Subscribe to El Faro English for the best stories to understand Central America: elfaro.net/suscribe/en/

El Faro obtained documents confirming Guatemala’s current AG signed papers in at least eight irregular adoptions in the early 1980s. This year, a record of the position in which she signed off on them is absent from her reelection portfolio. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

#efOpinion | The Shield of the Americas seeks to impose a militarized agenda against drug trafficking, writes @ricardovalp. In return, Trump rewards certain leaders, from traditional conservatives to crypto-authoritarians, with a semblance of friendship. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

With crimes against humanity in El Salvador on full international display, Bukele denounces the findings as a “coordinated” conspiracy. In Honduras, Chinese relations hang in the balance with the new Trump-backed president, Tito Asfura. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

The Inter-American Court condemns Honduras for trying to uproot Caribbean Garifunas. Guatemalan political elites battle over nominations to the tainted top court. Cristosal reports 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

🗞️Information is dissent. Truth is dissent. And the rigorous production of information is considered dangerous. Journalism is resistance. 🎥 Watch and read editor-in-chief @CarlosDada 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture @risj_oxford here: beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-tv-en/...

El Faro obtained documents confirming Guatemala’s current AG signed papers in at least eight irregular adoptions in the early 1980s. This year, a record of the position in which she signed off on them is absent from her reelection portfolio. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

Subscribe to El Faro English for the best stories to understand Central America: elfaro.net/suscribe/en/

Last week, Trump nominated a Florida international arbitrage attorney, hailed by Arévalo’s opponents, as ambassador to Guatemala. That same day, Arévalo deepened ties with the U.S. military, announcing a budget of $50 million for equipment purchases. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

The responsibility for violence should never fall on those who resist, but on the structure that targets dissent, writes exiled Nicaraguan feminist and human rights defender Claudia Vargas in #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

Translating, documenting, and chronicling Central America since 1998. Support independent journalism by becoming a crowdfunder today. bit.ly/3TFWLzu

The Inter-American Court condemns Honduras for trying to uproot Caribbean Garifunas. Guatemalan political elites battle over nominations to the tainted top court. Cristosal reports 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Last week, Trump nominated a Florida international arbitrage attorney, hailed by Arévalo’s opponents, as ambassador to Guatemala. That same day, Arévalo deepened ties with the U.S. military, announcing a budget of $50 million for equipment purchases. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

NEW: El Faro obtained documents confirming Guatemala’s current AG signed papers in at least eight irregular adoptions in the early 1980s. This year, a record of the position in which she signed off on them is absent from her reelection portfolio. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

🎙️This week: With crimes against humanity in El Salvador on full international display, Bukele denounces the findings as a “coordinated” conspiracy. In Honduras, Chinese relations hang in the balance with the new Trump-backed president, Tito Asfura. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

#efOpinion | The Shield of the Americas seeks to impose a militarized agenda against drug trafficking, writes @ricardovalp. In return, Trump rewards certain leaders, from traditional conservatives to crypto-authoritarians, with a semblance of friendship. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

My column in El Faro about the Shield of the Americas and how the Trump administration's diplomacy oscillates between blackmail and the exploitation of world leaders' vanities. Latin American governments and their armies are aspiring to become private armies in Trump’s employ.

On Monday, Trump nominated a Florida international arbitrage attorney, hailed by Arévalo’s opponents, as ambassador to Guatemala. That same day, Arévalo deepened ties with the U.S. military, announcing a budget of $50 million for equipment purchases. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

The Shield of the Americas seeks to impose a militarized agenda against drug trafficking, writes @ricardovalp.bsky.social in #efOpinion. In return, Trump rewards certain leaders, from traditional conservatives to crypto-authoritarians, with a semblance of friendship. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

🎙️This week: The Inter-American Court condemns Honduras for trying to uproot Caribbean Garifunas. Guatemalan political elites battle over nominations to the tainted top court. Cristosal reports 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

‘U.N. Experts Warn of Illegal Adoptions Tied to Guatemalan Attorney General’ by Yuliana Ramazzini and Gabriel Labrador @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #podcast #Guatemala #Guatemala_impunity #Guatemala_adoptions #Guatemala_AG #Guatemala_Pacto_de_Corruptos #Guatemala_podcast