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El Salvador

Strong quake off Mexico coast rattles Guatemala and El Salvador, but leaves no damage

People evacuating a building in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 17, after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, triggering a tsunami warning and shaking buildings in neighbouring Guatemala and El Salvador.
People evacuating a building in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 17, after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, triggering a tsunami warning and shaking buildings in neighbouring Guatemala and El Salvador.

El Salvador president's party nominates Bukele to seek third term

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during an inaugural ceremony of the Attorney General's Office's new building in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during an inaugural ceremony of the Attorney General's Office's new building in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo

Ostapenko, Arevalo fight back to win Wimbledon mixed doubles title

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 9, 2026  El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko pose with the trophies after winning their mixed doubles final match against Australia's Marc Polmans and Australia's Storm Hunter REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 9, 2026  El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko pose with the trophies after winning their mixed doubles final match against Australia's Marc Polmans and Australia's Storm Hunter REUTERS/Marko Djurica

El Salvador's Bukele seeks party nod for third term after constitutional change

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during an inaugural ceremony of the Attorney General's Office's new building in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, May 19, 2026.REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during an inaugural ceremony of the Attorney General's Office's new building in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, May 19, 2026.REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Brazilian right courts crime-weary voters with 'Bukele model' crackdown

A prison guard stands near a CECOT logo at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 23, 2026.REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
A prison guard stands near a CECOT logo at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 23, 2026.REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

El Salvador seizes over 6 tonnes of cocaine in Pacific Ocean

The drugs were found aboard two separate vessels.
The drugs were found aboard two separate vessels.

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
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
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.
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.

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