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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.

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele has proudly embraced the monicker of "dictator" and breezily shrugs off criticism of human rights transgressions.

The vice president admitted that the government has done mass detention of citizens who have not committed any crime, noting that the administration is in the process of correcting that.

El Salvador's general elections are slated for Feb. 4 which will elect the president, vice president, and all 60 deputies of the legislative assembly. Later, on March 3, another election will be held for the election of all 44 mayors and municipal councils.

Latin Americans besieged by organised crime may be willing to overlook a turn towards authoritarianism, but at what cost, asks Buenos Aires-based journalist Jordana Timerman

Ecuador was until relatively recently seen as one of the safest countries in Latin America.

Editorial: The Latin American nation, once relatively safe, is now in the grip of organised crime. There are no swift or easy solutions

Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across country

In 2022, the country experienced a staggering 495 murders; however, this number witnessed a significant decline in 2023, reaching a low of only 154 murders.