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The Christian Science Monitor13h
From El Salvador to Honduras, why authoritarians gain from USAID cuts
USAID cuts have hurt international development work – but they’re also hampering civil society groups dedicated to preserving ...
Human Rights Watch2d
US: Asylum Seekers Expelled to Costa Rica Detail Abuses
The United States should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of approximately 200 third-party nationals, including ...
Bukele’s crackdown pushes top Salvadoran journalists to flee
El Salvador’s top independent investigative news outlet moved its headquarters to Costa Rica in 2023. More of its journalists ...
The Washington Post16d
El Salvador wants America’s prisoners. And its tourists.
Flights to El Salvador were much cheaper than those to other American spring break favorites, such as Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Mexico. Plus, we’d read about its immaculate point breaks and ...
Latin Times18d
Another Country Embraces El Salvador's Hardline Approach To Crime With New Mega-Prison
Costa Rica has announced a series of sweeping prison reforms, including the construction of a new high-security facility modeled after El Salvador's controversial mega-prison, CECOT, and in ...
Associated Press20d
Costa Rica looks to El Salvador in announcing new prison and tough-on-crime reforms
With the announcement Friday during a visit to the Reforma prison, Chaves was channeling El Salvador President Nayib Bukele who he recognized last year with Costa Rica’s highest diplomatic honor for ...
The Register Citizen21d
Costa Rica looks to El Salvador in announcing new prison and tough-on-crime reforms
With the announcement Friday during a visit to the Reforma prison, Chaves was channeling El Salvador President Nayib Bukele who he recognized last year with Costa Rica’s highest diplomatic honor ...