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USCIS will open the first ever field office in South America

Quito, Ecuador, will become only the sixth city in Latin America to host a USCIS office after Guatemala City, Mexico City, Havana, San Salvador and Tegucigalpa

Latin Times

Salvadorans honoring Saint Óscar Romero: During these difficult times, he is like a ray of hope

Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero's pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018

The Independent UK

Portraits from El Salvador's nearly 2-year, sprawling crackdown on gang suspects

Salvadoran photographer Carlos Barrera takes a look at the nearly two years of human rights violations allegedly committed by the government of El Salvador during the country's state of emergency.

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Why the 'world's 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.

WEKU

Most Affordable Travel Destinations For Backpackers In 2024: Enjoy Without Breaking The Bank

If you want to go backpacking this year, check out our list of most affordable travel destinations for backpackers.

International Business Times

Zuleyka Rivera posts stylishly dressed adventurous Instagram pictures from El Salvador

Zuleyka Rivera shares a photo on Instagram, stylishly dressed in grey, ready for fun. The picture was taken in El Salvador, San Salvador.

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El Salvador club, stadium officials arrested after deadly stampede

San Salvador (AFP) - Officials of El Salvador's Alianza Football Club and the Cuscatlan stadium were arrested Thursday and the remainder of the season-ending playoffs were cancelled after a weekend stampede killed 12.

AFP

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El Salvador cuts short football championship after deadly stampede

San Salvador (AFP) - El Salvador football authorities have canceled the remainder of the national championship because of safety concerns, after a stampede at a game killed 12.

AFP

El Salvador ends football tournament early after deadly stampede

San Salvador (AFP) - Citing safety concerns, El Salvador's football authorities announced Wednesday they were canceling the country's Clausura national tournament following a stampede at a game over the weekend that killed 12.

AFP

El Salvador mourns 12 killed in soccer stadium stampede

San Salvador (AFP) - El Salvador soccer fans were mourning Sunday after 12 people died and hundreds were injured in a stampede at a stadium, with the country's president vowing an investigation.

AFP

Authorities investigate El Salvador stadium crush with at least 12 people dead

The incident happened during a match between Alianza and FAS at the Cuscatlan Stadium in San Salvador.

The Independent UK

El Salvador soccer stadium stampede kills 12

San Salvador (AFP) - Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer stadium, police and emergency services said.

AFP

At least 12 people dead after crowd crush at football stadium in El Salvador

At least 12 people have died and more than 100 were injured in a crush at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, the nation’s capital

The Guardian - UK

El Salvador stadium crush: At least 12 dead after stampede at football match

The tragedy occurred during a match in the capital San Salvador

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AFP

El Salvador soccer stadium stampede kills 12: police

San Salvador (AFP) - Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer stadium, police and emergency services said.

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9 dead in El Salvador stadium stampede at football match: police

Nine people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said.

Reuters

Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep

Several hundred people in El Salvador took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the year-long anti-gang policies of President Nayib Bukele, many demanding the release of relatives they say have been unjustly caught up in the sweeping dragnet.

Reuters

El Salvador vows gang crackdown will go on as citizens cheer safer streets

El Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be maintained until all criminals are captured, the country's security minister told Reuters.

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Troops deployed in San Salvador amid massive gang crackdown

San Salvador (AFP) - More than 2,000 soldiers and police surrounded two districts in El Salvador's capital on Saturday as part of President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, the second such operation this month in the Central American country.

AFP

Salvadoran troops encircle capital district in second gang crackdown

San Salvador (AFP) - More than 1,000 soldiers surrounded a district in El Salvador's capital on Saturday as part of President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, the second such operation this month in the Central American country.

Reuters

El Salvador conducts anti-drug military operation on Christmas Eve

El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said on Saturday, part of the country's controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs.

Reuters

El Salvador deploys 10,000 troops to gang-run capital suburb

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

AFP

El Salvador journalists sue NSO Group in US over alleged Pegasus attacks

San Salvador (AFP) - Salvadoran digital newspaper El Faro's employees filed a lawsuit in a US federal court on Wednesday against NSO Group, alleging the Israeli firm's controversial Pegasus software was used to spy on them.

AFP

Salvadoran president vows to buy "one #Bitcoin every day'

San Salvador (AFP) - President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, said Thursday the nation would buy one unit of the currency every day, doubling down in the face of public criticism of his embrace of the crypto money.

AFP

Most Salvadorans think making Bitcoin legal tender was 'failure'

San Salvador (AFP) - More than a year after Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador, a new poll Tuesday showed most people in the country consider the controversial move by President Nayib Bukele as a "failure."

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