Henry Joya News Today

When you look at Latin American history, the way in which the Salvadoran leader has won his re-election bid and amassed power isn’t much different from how several other Latin American autocrats have operated. Batista, Somoza, Trujillo, Fujimori, Ortega and Chávez are just some examples of strongmen from the past century

Although the government links all detentions to the country’s gangs, human rights organizations have reported 5,490 ‘direct victims’ from outside the sphere of criminal structures

On March 26, El Salvador’s street gangs killed 62 people across the country, igniting a nationwide furor

On March 26, El Salvadors street gangs had killed 62 people across the country, igniting a nationwide furor