Join us for a Live today at 8:00 pm. We’ll present Beacon and discuss Central American journalism and fiction with @romangressier, @JonathanBlitzer, @yuliramazzini and @rubenwrites. Tune in on El Faro’s YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

Join us for a Live on Tuesday, July 14. We’ll present our new magazine Beacon and discuss Central American journalism and fiction with @romangressier, @JonathanBlitzer, @yuliramazzini and @rubenwrites. Tune in on El Faro’s YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

Join us for a Live on Tuesday, July 14. We’ll present our new magazine Beacon and discuss Central American journalism and fiction with @romangressier, @JonathanBlitzer, @yuliramazzini and @rubenwrites. Tune in on El Faro’s YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

In a rural hamlet in Chimaltenango, the remains of dozens of victims of the Guatemalan armed conflict piled up in a dingy storage room for decades. Now, their families have begun a burial that the government had promised but never carried out. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

🎙️ In El Salvador, human rights attorney Ruth López’s family fears for her life in prison. Guatemalan prosecutors ease up on newspaperman Jose Rubén Zamora. Nicaragua, too, receives dozens of third-country deportees in Trump’s second term. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Civic journalism against autocrats. The example of Nicaragua's Confidencial jeanpaulmarthoz.substack.com/p/nicaragua-... @gypsyrights.bsky.social @elfaroenglish.bsky.social

Nearly 16 months since Irvin Quintanilla was deported to CECOT, government agencies are stonewalling the Constitutional Court on his whereabouts, reports @periodistagl.bsky.social. Prosecutors can’t find him, yet they declared his disappearance a “closed” case. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

We just published this year’s first issue of Beacon, titled: “Land of Bones: Who Will Find El Salvador’s Dead?” Join us for a Live on Tuesday, July 14. We’ll present Beacon and discuss Central American journalism and fiction with @romangressier, @JonathanBlitzer, @yuliramazzini and @rubenwrites.

Land of Bones: Who Will Find El Salvador’s Dead? Explore our digital magazine, Beacon: 👇️ beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

🎙️ A string of U.S. officials departs Trump’s mission to the OAS. The World Bank projects El Salvador’s economy will grow in 2026 by a hair. A trial for the murder of Roberto Samcam is expected to begin in Costa Rica in 2027. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Trump’s intent to “retake the canal” is no secret. But with Washington distracted, Panama faces internal questions about its U.S.-China neutrality strategy — and how long the country will even have water to run the canal, a national symbol. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

In a rural hamlet in Chimaltenango, the remains of dozens of victims of the Guatemalan armed conflict piled up in a dingy storage room for decades. Now, their families have begun a burial that the government had promised but never carried out. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

🎙️ Nayib Bukele registers to run for a third term in El Salvador’s 2027 election after scrapping term limits. If he achieves his goal, he’s set to stay in power until 2033. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

🎙️ In El Salvador, Bukele registers to run for a third term in 2027 after scrapping term limits. In Guatemala, Trump’s nominee for ambassador steps down amid turmoil over U.S. policy. Trump’s threat to “take back the canal” looms over Panamanian neutrality. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

El Salvador shows how A.I. and data infrastructure are expanding in countries with weak checks on power and a dependence on foreign tech firms. It also illustrates how A.I. can become intertwined with authoritarianism. #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

In rural Chimaltenango, the remains of victims of the Guatemalan armed conflict piled up in a dingy storage room for decades. Now, their families have begun a burial that the government had promised but never carried out. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

A string of U.S. officials departs Trump’s mission to the OAS. The World Bank projects El Salvador’s economy will grow in 2026 by a hair. A trial for the murder of Roberto Samcam is expected to begin in Costa Rica in 2027. #ElFaroAudio 🎙️ beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Our digital Magazine, Beacon, has arrived, and it’s well traveled. 🌍️ 🗞️ An investigation in El Salvador. An interview with Guatemala’s defense chief. Chronicles from Louisiana and the Balkans. A short story from Mars. A poem from a Nicaraguan exile. beta.elfaro.net/en/front-pag...

Guided by Leticia, a migrant and mutual-aid activist in Louisiana, we enter the world of terror unleashed by Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown. But also, the response: networks of solidarity, community patrols, group chats. “This is state terrorism,” says Leticia. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

A string of U.S. officials departs Trump’s mission to the OAS amid ideological tensions and a financial crisis that are roiling the hemisphere’s oldest multilateral. #ElFaroAudio 🎙️

Trump’s intent to “retake the canal” is no secret. But with Washington distracted, Panama faces internal questions about its U.S.-China neutrality strategy — and how long the country will even have water to run the canal, a national symbol. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

A string of U.S. officials departs Trump’s mission to the OAS. The World Bank projects El Salvador’s economy will grow in 2026 by a hair. A trial for the murder of Roberto Samcam is expected to begin in Costa Rica in 2027. 🎙️ beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Trump’s intent to “retake the canal” is no secret. But with Washington distracted, Panama faces internal questions about its US-China neutrality strategy — and how long the country will even have water to run the canal, a national symbol. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

‘After the Elections, the Debate Guatemala Keeps Putting Off’ @jsandoval1982.bsky.social @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #Guatemala #Guatemala_Corruption #Guatemala_Attorney_General

My column: El Salvador Embarks on a Perilous A.I. Experiment

El Faro reconstructed the story of three detainees who died in state custody in El Salvador and were buried in mass graves without their families’ knowledge. All showed signs of a violent death, and were legally innocent because they had not been convicted in court. beta.elfaro.net/en/exclusive...

El Salvador shows how A.I. and data infrastructure are expanding in countries with weak checks on power and a dependence on foreign tech firms. It also illustrates how A.I. can become intertwined with authoritarianism, writes @ricardovalp.bsky.social in #efOpinion. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

Do the mechanisms to elect our highest officials actually work? The evidence shows that this is not the case. With another election cycle just months away, Guatemala keeps ducking this question. #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

Cruelty is a direct attack on human dignity. State cruelty is abominable by its very nature and can befall any citizen. That state, where cruelty has become public policy, is El Salvador. #efEditorial beta.elfaro.net/en/el-faro-w...

Honduras expands the definition of terrorism to include legally registered organizations and cracks down on protests tied to land conflict. #ElFaroAudio beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

This is the first long-form narrative chronicle published in El Faro, 25 years ago. It’s a three-part series on the Bosnian city recently liberated from the siege imposed by Serbian troops, and on the trials of war criminals in The Hague. beta.elfaro.net/en/from-the-...

Guided by Leticia, a migrant and mutual-aid activist in Louisiana, we enter the world of terror unleashed by Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown. But also, the response: networks of solidarity, community patrols, group chats. “This is state terrorism,” says Leticia. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

🎙️ Honduras expands the definition of terrorism and cracks down on protests tied to land conflict. Costa Rica proposes a reform to slow Nicaraguan migration. Our digital magazine Beacon spans genres and geographies. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Our digital magazine, Beacon, has arrived—and it’s well traveled. 🌍️ 🗞️ An investigation in El Salvador. An interview with Guatemala’s defense chief. Chronicles from Louisiana and the Balkans. A short story from Mars. A poem from a Nicaraguan exile. beta.elfaro.net/en/front-pag...

Honduras expands the definition of terrorism to include legally registered organizations and cracks down on protests tied to land conflict. podcasts.apple.com/sv/podcast/c...

A note on the crónica as form and three new translations for @elfaro.net: Óscar Martínez on resisting ICE in New Orleans, Carlos Martínez on clandestine graves in El Salvador, and @carlosdada.bsky.social on Sarajevo in the aftermath of the Bosnian genocide. Read them all @elfaroenglish.bsky.social

Land of Bones: Who Will Find El Salvador’s Dead? Explore our new digital magazine, Beacon: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

What’s the citizenship of pain? Does each human heart display a map that bears only its own geography? A poem by Gioconda Belli in our digital magazine #Beacon. 🌍️ 🇳🇮 beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...

Far from home, a man finds himself trapped in a detention center...on a Martian colony. A fictional short story by Ruben Reyes Jr. in our digital magazine #Beacon. 🌍️ 🗞️ beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...

This is the first long-form narrative chronicle published in El Faro, 25 years ago. It’s a three-part series on the Bosnian city recently liberated from the siege imposed by Serbian troops, and on the trials of war criminals in The Hague. #Beacon 🗞️ 🌍️ beta.elfaro.net/en/from-the-...

Three extraordinary stories in my translation, for the latest issue of Beacon, a magazine from @elfaroenglish.bsky.social Give it a read!

🎙️In Nicaragua, the US sanctions more than 100 officials after the death of political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera. In Guatemala, the new AG halts the prosecution of journalists and columnists. In El Salvador, search groups question official homicide figures. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

In this story, children sow fear while men search in sorrow for skeletons to call their sons and daughters. In this story, we see El Salvador’s darkest corners, and meet the man who guides us through the shadows. #Beacon 🗞️ 🌍️ beta.elfaro.net/en/from-the-...

On Monday, we published Beacon, an @elfaroenglish.bsky.social magazine. That's right: despite a wave of repression in El Salvador since last year that pushed our newsroom into exile, @elfaro.net continues to produce deep reporting that translates Central America. beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

Do the mechanisms to elect our highest officials actually work? The evidence shows that this is not the case. With another election cycle just months away, Guatemala keeps ducking this question, writes @jsandoval1982.bsky.social in #efOpinion. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

Cruelty is a direct attack on human dignity. State cruelty is abominable by its very nature and can befall any citizen. That state, where cruelty has become public policy, is El Salvador. #efEditorial #Beacon 🌍️ 🗞️ beta.elfaro.net/en/el-faro-w...

Journalism is propaganda. So-called “fact-checking” is double-speak. The press is the enemy of the people. Nayib Bukele has summed up this sentiment on Elon Musk’s X: “You don’t hate the media enough.” #LetterFromTheEditor #Beacon 🌍️ 🗞️ beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-fr...

Guided by Leticia, a migrant and mutual-aid activist in Louisiana, we enter the world of terror unleashed by Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown. But also, the response: networks of solidarity, community patrols, group chats. “This is state terrorism,” says Leticia. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

El Faro reconstructed the story of three detainees who died in state custody in El Salvador and were buried in mass graves without their families’ knowledge. All showed signs of a violent death, and were legally innocent because they had not been convicted in court.

Guatemalan Defense Minister Henry Sáenz asserts that military agreements with Trump are limited to “training” in the fight against drug trafficking and infrastructure. Guatemala has proposed a dry canal to mitigate “a future crisis for the Panama Canal.”