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Bukele has focused lobbying on courting MAGA politicians and “positioning narratives” in US media. He’s paying for it through a public electricity company that shields financial information through a private subsidiary. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

Nayib Bukele’s brothers Karim and Yusef are expanding their real estate holdings in downtown San Salvador. Government sources describe Karim Bukele as “the brains” of the area’s urban revitalization. ✍️ with Redacción Regional beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

New: Nayib Bukele’s brothers Karim and Yusef are expanding their real estate holdings in downtown San Salvador. Government sources describe Karim Bukele as “the brains” of the area’s urban revitalization. With Redacción Regional beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

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A girl peeks at soldiers in El Gallito, Guatemala City, under a state of siege. Across much of Central America, children grow up in the shadow of the military and its guns, on promises of curbing violence that bleed into abuses, Carlos Barrera. #CentralAmericaLens 📸 beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Trump sends mixed signals to Nicaragua on trade and anti-narcotics. Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernández floats a state of exception like in El Salvador. Guatemala and El Salvador agree to replicate Trump trade sanctions on third countries. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

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Socorro Jurídico Humanitario records 94,844 arrests and 470 deaths in prison under the state of exception in El Salvador. One was Blanca Osmilda Castro Quijada, who lived in a community without gangs but was arrested on accusations of illicit association. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

📸 A girl peeks at soldiers in El Gallito, Guatemala City, under a state of siege. Across much of Central America, children grow up in the shadow of the military and its guns, on promises of curbing violence that bleed into abuses, writes Carlos Barrera. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Bukele has focused lobbying on courting MAGA politicians and “positioning narratives” in US media. He’s paying for it through a public electricity company that shields financial information through a private subsidiary. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

In exchange for exemption from Trump tariffs, Bukele promises mining and energy access; Tito Asfura takes office in Honduras amid proposals of Bible readings in schools; Nicaragua and Spain expel ambassadors in Managua’s feud with international bodies. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

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This morning in the @elfaroenglish.bsky.social newsletter: MAGA lobbying in Washington meets state secrecy in El Salvador. 👇

📸 A girl peeks at soldiers in El Gallito, Guatemala City, under a state of siege. Across much of Central America, children grow up in the shadow of the military and its guns, on promises of curbing violence that bleed into abuses, writes Carlos Barrera. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Bukele has focused lobbying on courting MAGA politicians and “positioning narratives” in US media. He’s paying for it through a public electricity company that shields financial information through a private subsidiary. @periodistagl.bsky.social in today's newsletter beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

Last September, Silverio Villegas was gunned down by an ICE officer near Franklin Park, Chicago. The United States has already forgotten his name. Even the New York Times, the paper of record, recently identified him only as “a Mexican immigrant.” #CentralAmericaLens beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

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Trump sends mixed signals to Nicaragua on trade and anti-narcotics. Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernández floats a state of exception like in El Salvador. Guatemala and El Salvador agree to replicate Trump trade sanctions on third countries. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Socorro Jurídico Humanitario records 94,844 arrests and 470 deaths in prison under the state of exception in El Salvador. One was Blanca Osmilda Castro Quijada, who lived in a community without gangs but was arrested on accusations of illicit association. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

🎙️This week: The fifth suspect in Nicaraguan exile Roberto Samcam's murder is arrested in Costa Rica. Guatemalan newspaperman Jose Rubén Zamora is released from prison on house arrest. At least 470 Salvadorans died in prison under the state of exception. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

🎙️This week: The fifth suspect in Nicaraguan exile Roberto Samcam's murder is arrested in Costa Rica. Guatemalan newspaperman Jose Rubén Zamora is released from prison on house arrest. At least 470 Salvadorans died in prison. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

🎙️This week: The fifth suspect in Nicaraguan exile Roberto Samcam's murder is arrested in Costa Rica. Guatemalan newspaperman Jose Rubén Zamora is released from prison on house arrest. At least 470 Salvadorans died in prison under the state of exception. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

In exchange for exemption from Trump tariffs, Bukele promises mining and energy access; Tito Asfura takes office in Honduras amid proposals of Bible readings in schools; Nicaragua and Spain expel ambassadors in Managua’s feud with international bodies. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Last September, Silverio Villegas was gunned down by an ICE officer near Franklin Park, Chicago. The United States has already forgotten his name. Even the New York Times, the paper of record, recently identified him only as “a Mexican immigrant.” #CentralAmericaLens beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

New: Socorro Jurídico Humanitario records 94,844 arrests and 470 deaths in prison under the state of exception in El Salvador. One was Blanca Osmilda Castro Quijada, who lived in a community without gangs but was arrested on accusations of illicit association. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

Trump sends mixed signals to Nicaragua on trade and anti-narcotics. Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernández floats a state of exception like in El Salvador. Guatemala and El Salvador agree to replicate Trump trade sanctions on third countries. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Last September, Silverio Villegas was gunned down by an ICE officer near Franklin Park, Chicago. The United States has already forgotten his name. Even the New York Times, the paper of record, recently identified him only as “a Mexican immigrant.” #CentralAmericaLens beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

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Last September, Silverio Villegas was gunned down by an ICE officer near Franklin Park, Chicago. The United States has already forgotten his name. Even the New York Times, the paper of record, recently identified him only as “a Mexican immigrant.” beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

The Guatemalan government reports dozens of arrests in two days under state of siege. Arévalo avoids naming the “political structures” he accused of colluding with 18th Street, but singles out and accuses the gang of conspiring to assassinate him in 2023. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

🎙️This week: Trump sends mixed signals to Nicaragua on trade and anti-narcotics. Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernández floats a state of exception like in El Salvador. Guatemala and El Salvador agree to replicate Trump trade sanctions on third countries. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

New trade deals with Trump are taking center stage in US policy in Central America. Don’t be surprised if Honduras soon follows suit. In the case of Nicaragua, no deal of course, but the US hasn’t wanted to touch CAFTA. More on this week’s #CentralAmericaInMinutes

🎙️This week: Trump sends mixed signals to Nicaragua on trade and anti-narcotics. Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernández floats a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. Guatemala and El Salvador agree to replicate Trump trade sanctions on third countries. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

In exchange for exemption from Trump tariffs, Bukele promises mining and energy access; Tito Asfura takes office in Honduras amid proposals of Bible readings in schools; Nicaragua and Spain expel ambassadors in Managua’s feud with international bodies. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

For Trump, Honduras is less about ideology than opportunity, writes @ricardovalp. Washington’s posture toward the election points to a strategy centered on enforcement and political alignment, with limited concern for democratic accountability. #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

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Bukele bet everything on Trump coming back in power. In 2025, amid shady deals with the White House, he enacted every authoritarian excess he desires, standing at the side of the far-right U.S. president. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

In exchange for exemption from Trump tariffs, Bukele promises mining and energy access; Tito Asfura takes office in Honduras amid proposals of Bible readings in schools; Nicaragua and Spain expel ambassadors in Managua’s feud with international bodies. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

Costa Rica gave a second term to the political project of Rodrigo Chaves on Sunday. His anointed candidate, Laura Fernández, won the election by a bruising margin, promising “continuity” and proposing a state of exception modeled after El Salvador. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

The US military’s capture of Nicolás Maduro sent a shockwave through Central America. Nicaraguan co-dictator Rosario Murillo increased state surveillance while Panama called for the Venezuelan opposition to be put in charge. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

The Salvadoran regime has now reformed the Constitution six times in less than a year. The latest changes were made in just six hours, without legislative discussion or public debate. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...

Bernardo Arévalo has declared a state of siege while the opposition points to rising insecurity. Arévalo points to “political structures” organizing attacks with the 18th Street gang, which Guatemala and the US designated as a terrorist organization. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

In exchange for exemption from Trump tariffs, Bukele promises mining and energy access; Tito Asfura takes office in Honduras amid proposals of Bible readings in schools; Nicaragua and Spain expel ambassadors in Managua’s feud with international bodies. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...