As part of President Nayib Bukele's ongoing crusade against gangs in El Salvador, the government opened the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, which will soon mark its second anniversary.

The largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs in El Salvador celebrates two years since it was inaugurated under conditions that rights groups call inhumane. Along with Milei's support,

The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador.

Traditionally, when US secretaries of state make their international debuts, they travel to major US allies and offer bromides about working together.

The Trump administration is in talks with El Salvador to accept citizens from other countries, including Venezuelan gang members from Tren de Aragua.

In order to deport non-Salvadoran migrants and make it unlawful for them to apply for asylum in the United States, the Trump administration is negotiating a "Safe Third Country" deal with El Salvador.

Decentralised finance is paving the way to a new era of ‘market inclusion’ according to Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex. Speaking during this year’s Plan B Forum in El Salvador, Ardoino described the incumbent banking establishment as ‘failing to serve entrepreneurs and investors in the region by providing them access to capital’ and was the principal cause of the lack of liquidity that has inhibited growth for decades.

El Salvador has rushed to approve an amendment that will keep it compliant with the terms of its $1.4 billion IMF loan.

Donald Trump is in talks with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to allow deported migrants, including Venezuelan gang members, to seek asylum there.

The archbishop did not mention any politicians by name—much less El Salvador’s popular president, Nayib Bukele, who pillories critics on social media and lets few slights go unchallenged. But he voiced deep opposition to a proposal being pushed through the National Assembly that day to roll back a ban on mining in the Central American country.

Several chafed at his plans as President Trump enacted immigration measures affecting their countries and vowed to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

So Trump will likely get his way in more cases than not. But he shouldn’t celebrate just yet, because the short-term payoff of strong-arming Latin America will come at the long-term cost of accelerating the region’s shift toward China and increasing its instability. The latter tends, sooner or later, to boomerang back into the United States.