/tags/el-salvador El Salvador en-US WLRN Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:22:15 GMT /americas/2024-09-09/el-salvadors-police-director-and-a-fugitive-banker-are-among-9-dead-in-a-helicopter-crash El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:22:15 GMT /americas/2024-09-09/el-salvadors-police-director-and-a-fugitive-banker-are-among-9-dead-in-a-helicopter-crash Marcos Aleman | Associated Press /americas/2024-04-18/el-salvadors-bukele-releases-father-of-soccer-player-from-prison El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:41:57 GMT /americas/2024-04-18/el-salvadors-bukele-releases-father-of-soccer-player-from-prison The Associated Press /npr-breaking-news/2024-02-02/why-the-worlds-coolest-dictator-is-on-course-for-a-landslide-win-in-el-salvador El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has won plaudits both at home and abroad for his indiscriminate security crackdown that has seen more than 1% of the country's population put in prison. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:35:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2024-02-02/why-the-worlds-coolest-dictator-is-on-course-for-a-landslide-win-in-el-salvador Emily Green /americas/2024-01-05/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-reelection-campaign Bukele is on temporary leave from the presidency to run for reelection, despite a constitutional ban on reelection. The Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that Bukele could seek a second five-year term in the Feb. 4 elections. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:57:40 GMT /americas/2024-01-05/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-reelection-campaign Marcos Aleman | Associated Press /americas/2023-11-09/nayib-bukele-reelection-el-salvador As El Salvador President Nayib Bukele seeks reelection, a growing number of voices have called for electoral authorities to annul the populist leader’s candidacy, arguing that it’s a clear violation of the country’s constitution. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 15:03:28 GMT /americas/2023-11-09/nayib-bukele-reelection-el-salvador Yolanda Magaña | Associated Press /podcast/the-south-florida-roundup/2023-08-04/a-miami-exodus-rescuing-floridas-coral-reef-and-mass-incarceration-in-central-america On the South Florida Roundup, we spoke about whether Miami is facing an exodus, the race to rescue our local coral reef from the effects of climate change (18:44), and we examined Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s draconian crusade to bring down the gangs whose violence drives so many Central American migrants here (35:15). Fri, 04 Aug 2023 19:16:07 GMT /podcast/the-south-florida-roundup/2023-08-04/a-miami-exodus-rescuing-floridas-coral-reef-and-mass-incarceration-in-central-america /commentary/2023-07-20/guatemala-elections-democracy-florida-cuba-politicians COMMENTARY Florida plays a hemispheric double standard — condemning left-wing tyranny but coddling right-wing assaults on democracy in places like Guatemala. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT /commentary/2023-07-20/guatemala-elections-democracy-florida-cuba-politicians Tim Padgett /americas/2023-07-10/el-salvador-president-nayib-bukele-nominated-for-reelection-despite-constitutional-questions President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has been nominated by his New Ideas party to run for reelection in next year’s contest, despite objections from legal experts and opposition figures who say the country’s constitution prohibits his candidacy. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:29:29 GMT /americas/2023-07-10/el-salvador-president-nayib-bukele-nominated-for-reelection-despite-constitutional-questions The Associated Press /americas/2023-06-28/honduras-copies-el-salvadors-playbook-in-anti-gang-crackdown Observers say that a crackdown in Honduras on gangs in the nation’s prisons is eerily similar to one carried out last year in neighboring El Salvador. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:05:32 GMT /americas/2023-06-28/honduras-copies-el-salvadors-playbook-in-anti-gang-crackdown The Associated Press /americas/2023-06-26/el-salvadors-president-registers-for-reelection-despite-constitutional-objections El Salvador's president has registered for reelection even though legal experts and opposition figures say the country’s constitution prohibits it. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:22:10 GMT /americas/2023-06-26/el-salvadors-president-registers-for-reelection-despite-constitutional-objections The Associated Press