Bukele interview on Sky News

Nayib Bukele sat down for a 42 minute interview in English with a reporter from British broadcaster Sky News.   He gave thoughtful answers ...

It's our fault

The shocking images of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 26, and his toddler daughter Valeria face down after drowning in the Rio Grande shoc...

Bukele's security strategy differs little from past strategies in El Salvador

This article originally appeared on the website of InsightCrime with the title El Salvador Flirts with ‘Mano Dura’ Security Policies Again B...

Firing officials by tweet

He used social media to propel himself to the presidency of El Salvador.   Now Nayib Bukele is using Twitter to govern the country, starting...

Bukele days 1-3

Nayib Bukele has been working quickly to put his own stamp on El Salvador's executive branch Bukele announced the rest of his cabinet.  ...

Nayib Bukele is now president of El Salvador

El Salvador has a new president today. Nayib Bukele was sworn in as president in a ceremony in front of the historic National Palace in Pla...

Disorderly transition of power

From the outside looking in, the transition of power from the current FMLN government to the new government of Nayib Bukele and Nuevas Ideas...

El Salvador corruption watch

Corruption was on voters' minds in El Salvador when they rejected the traditional political parties  in El Salvador and elected Nayib Bu...

Mauricio Funes in Nicaragua

Ten years ago on June 1, 2009, Mauricio Funes took office as president of El Salvador to great hope and expectations.  He came into office a...

Nayib Bukele will start presidency with positive support

Poll results   from the Institute of Public Opinion at the University of Central America show that Nayib Bukele will come into office on Jun...

Nayib Bukele and the press

Yesterday was the International Day of Press Freedom.   In El Salvador, a series of social media statements by incoming president, Nayib Buk...

Out-going government blames violence surge on upcoming transition

With one month to go before a new president takes office, the current president of El Salvador is blaming an upsurge of gang-related killing...

Attacks on police and soldiers

In recent days. police and soldiers have been murdered in El Salvador at an alarming rate. Most recently we saw this yesterday, Sunday, Apri...

Twitter watch: @NayibBukele

Nayib Bukele Twitter profile pic President-elect Nayib Bukele was a social media candidate for office with legions of followers on Twitter a...

Can El Salvador's environment support megaprojects like Valle El Ángel?

Religious and water rights groups organized today to protest a mega-real estate project in the municipality of Apopa, just northeast of San ...