El Salvador

Italy's Fioravanti takes first world tour win in El Salvador as Moore goes back-to-back

Paris 2024 Olympics - Surfing - Men's Round 2 - Heat 1 - Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia - July 28, 2024. Leonardo Fioravanti of Italy exits a wave. Ed Sloane/Pool via REUTERS

Founder and leader of Barrio 18 gang dies in El Salvador

In El Salvador, shackled prisoners watch their mass trial on a big screen

Alleged members of MS-13, attend an open hearing in a mass trial, after 486 alleged gang members were charged with more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, according to prosecutors, at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 23. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

El Salvador approves life sentence for minors convicted of murder, rape

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele had pushed to extend the new law of life imprisonment to children under 18, regardless of whether they belong to gangs.

Venezuelan man sues US over deportation to El Salvadoran prison

Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, who has filed a formal complaint against the U.S. government for sending him to El Salvador's most notorious prison, claiming he was falsely accused of gang membership by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, looks on during an interview, in Caracas, Venezuela July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa

El Salvador reforms constitution to allow for life sentences

FILE PHOTO: A prisoner is escorted to receive medical care, during a media tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, January 30, 2026. Jose Cabezas/REUTERS/File Photo

El Salvador forcibly disappearing nationals deported from the US, rights group says

Artist creates ‘Latin American Mona Lisa’ with plastic bottle caps

A mural made with plastic bottle caps by Venezuelan artist Oscar Olivares on an apartment building in the Zacamil neighbourhood in El Salvador.

Trump defends Noem, Gabbard and Bondi at National Prayer Breakfast

U.S. President Donald Trump receives a standing ovation as he speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago

Laura Fernandez, Costa Rica's next president, aims to keep on populist path

Presidential candidate Laura Fernandez of the Sovereign People's Party (PPSO) gestures as she leads the general election, in San Jose, Costa Rica, February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez

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