El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party pushed through a constitutional reform that will permit life sentences in ...

SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador’s ironfisted President Nayib Bukele proposed on Thursday that minors be punished with life in prison in cases of murder or rape, extending a tough new law to people younger ...

The government criticized a report by international legal experts that warns of crimes against humanity in the Central American country and lashed out at human rights organizations: ‘Go to hell’ ...

At least five prisoners remain cut off from all contact in Salvadoran jails, a year after the US president ordered their ...

Salvadoran nationals who were deported from the United States have been arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and have ...

El Salvador's Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to allow for life sentences for charges including ...

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks during a State of the Union address in June 2023. (Camilo Freedman / For The Times) Victor Barahona was grateful when soldiers started rounding up gang members ...

Before he became arguably the most popular head of state in the world, Nayib Bukele was an adman. The President of El Salvador has branded himself the “world’s coolest dictator” and a “philosopher ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele proposes life sentences as part of a constitutional reform aimed at combating gang violence, amidst concerns over human rights and democratic integrity.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele proposes a constitutional reform allowing life sentences, continuing his controversial ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison ...