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A family member shows a phone photo of Juana Guadalupe Recinos, who was detained last year during the government's crackdown on its war against drugs, in Santa Ana, El Salvador, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Police detained Recinos on a charge of “illegal gathering” as she walked to work leaving her two sons motherless for more than a year. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

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The president jailed 1% of El Salvador's population. Their children are paying the consequences
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Fri,02/09/24-12:09AM , 72 Reads
SANTA ANA, El Salvador (AP) — Tears welled in Alex's eyes and he pressed his head into his hands as he thought about more than a year of birthdays and holidays without his mother, who was swept up by El Salvador's police as she walked to work in a clothing factory.
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, left, accompanied by his wife Gabriela Rodriguez, wave to supporters from the balcony of the presidential palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, after polls closed for general elections on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

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El Salvador's Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-12:32AM , 115 Reads
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savoring what appears to be a landslide reelection victory, and is railing against his international critics and the press. The populist leader has declared himself a harbinger of democracy, not the case study for 21st century autocracy that some fear.
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El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa, who is running for re-election as the running mate of President Nayib Bukele, arrives for an interview at his office in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. El Salvador will hold its presidential election on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is 'not a police state'
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-5:05PM , 73 Reads
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s government "made mistakes” in its war against the country’s gangs, but has never undermined the country’s democracy to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be reelected vice president.
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Adolfo Voorduin, left, and Nancy Martinez embrace during a rally by members of the LGBTQ+ community to protest the murder of transgender activist Samantha Gomes Fonseca in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Gomes was shot in Mexico City Sunday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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Wave of transgender slayings in Mexico spurs anger and protests by LGBTQ+ community
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Mon,01/15/24-8:01PM , 95 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico said at least three transgender people were killed in the first two weeks of 2024, and rights groups were investigating two additional such cases. The slayings marked a violent start to the year in a country where the LGBTQ+ community is often targeted.
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