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5 Years Post-Pandemic: How Organized Crime Has Evolved in Latin America and the Caribbean
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean has adopted new strategies and strengthened control over territories and illicit economies. Drug trafficking supply chains have shifted, criminal syndicates have capitalized on the lack … Read more
April 2025 News: Living, Tourism, Culture, and Global Affairs Shaping the Nation
April 2025 news in El Salvador centers on cost-of-living debates, government policy shifts, and daily realities shaping how Salvadorans adapt to economic pressures, wages, and housing demands. ▼ latest News ▼ U.S. Aid Cuts Threaten Latin America’s Fight Against Drug … Read more
China Blocks Hutchison’s Panama Port Deal with US-Backed Consortium
The Hong Kong-listed CK Hutchison corporation became the target of China’s ire after the corporation seemed poised to make a multibillion-dollar port deal with a US-led international consortium, selling 43 ports with 199 berths in 23 countries. The deal was initially set to be … Read more
Relatives of People Detained During the State of Exception Call for Their Release
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Hundreds of relatives of people detained under El Salvador’s State of Exception marched Thursday to demand the release of their loved ones and the repeal of the emergency measure, which marks its third anniversary. Demonstrators … Read more
El Salvador: The New Migrant Prison Under Trump’s Policies
A three-minute video posted early Sunday morning, March 16, 2025, on the Twitter account of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele showed a group of Latin American immigrants in the United States (all men), heads bowed and arms held by security agents, disembarking from planes arriving from the United States at El Salvador’s Oscar Arnulfo Romero … Read more
Major Corruption Cases Shake Ecuador, But Can the Justice System Keep Up the Fight?
Ecuador’s judiciary has delivered a wave of landmark convictions in corruption cases that have shaken the country’s political and judicial elite, raising hopes for accountability—but looming political transitions threaten to undermine these gains. In a major development earlier this month, Ecuador’s National Court of Justice (Corte Nacional de Justicia, or CNJ) sentenced 10 individuals for criminal conspiracy in a case … Read more
Falling Behind: El Salvador Has Second-Lowest Minimum Wage in Central America
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador has the second-lowest minimum wage in Central America and remains the only country in the region that has not complied with its wage review regulations, according to a new study released Friday, March … Read more