The corruption charges against Salvadoran rights activist Ruth López, a leading critic of President Nayib Bukele, are politically motivated, her advocates say.

Ruth López was detained Sunday in what rights groups say represents a ‘dangerous escalation’ in President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on dissent. The attorney general confirmed the arrest.

At least 50 Venezuelan men who were sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration had immigrated to the U.S. legally, a review by the Libertarian Cato Institute found.

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief willing to break norms to save his country. Critics say he's just an old-school dictator.

El 17 de mayo se conmemora a nivel mundial el Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, Transfobia y Bifobia, recordando la eliminación de la homosexualidad como enfermedad mental por parte de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en 1990.

Police in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer with an organization helping families of imprisoned Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the United States, authorities said Monday.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says that he’s pushing forward a “foreign agents” bill that critics say would deal another blow to civil society and independent journalistic organizations as the popular president tightens his control three years into a crackdown against gangs.

Two young men deported to El Salvador after living on Long Island for nearly a decade are pleading for a second chance.

The undersigned international organizations condemn the detention of human rights defender Ruth López. The National Police arrested her on May 18, 2025 at 11 pm. Alarmingly, Ms. López’s whereabouts remain unknown.

The Attorney General's Office linked Lopez to a case against the former president of El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Eugenio Chicas, who was arrested in February for alleged illicit enrichment. Chicas also served as press secretary for former President Salvador Sanchez Ceren (2014-2019).

El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserve now exceeds $644M, with notional profits over $357M, marking a 124% gain despite international warnings.