The son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro praised the security model of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, which has included a harsh crackdown on gangs with mass arrests.

Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro, who plans to run for president in October elections, on Thursday called for "many, many prisons" in a speech praising the controversial security policies of El Salvador's ...

A few years ago, El Tunco beach in El Salvador was crawling with gang members who robbed and extorted people at will.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. El Tunco beach has become the symbol of a tourism revival in El Salvador, which has shed its gangland image by dint of mass ...

Medellín’s transformation from conflict to cultural strength takes centre stage as it earns UNESCO’s World Book Capital title for 2027. With libraries built from unlikely pasts and a strong focus on ...

A Cristosal report documents 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador, showing arrests, pretrial detention and vicarious pressure on families in places like Nahuizalco.

Kenya’s offer to help Haiti tackle its gang crisis dates back to 2023, when it became the only country to volunteer to lead the effort after Canada declined and Caribbean governments, led by The ...

This paper studies job preferences among women in rural and peri-urban areas in El Salvador using a discrete choice experiment. Drawing on focus group insights, the analysis varies wages and five ...

Trump administration accused Luis Muñoz Pinto of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang. Now living in Colombia he hopes to clear his name and study engineering in the US ...

Big Chicken, the chicken sandwich chain founded by basketball star and entreprenueur Shaquille O'Neal, has opened its first restaurants in Honduras, expanding its presence in Central America. The ...

As Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellín is home to over 110 bookstores and 25 libraries, many of which were transformed from former prisons and police facilities. Once affected by prolonged ...

UNESCO has designated Medellín, Colombia, as the World Book Capital for 2027. The city saw a 542% rise in bookstores over the past seven decades ...