From El Salvador to Honduras, why authoritarians gain from USAID cuts

On the face of it, the USAID money that Kara Wilson García was promised last year for Project RED, her child care-focused nongovernmental organization in El Salvador, had little to do with democracy. She spends most of her time zipping between family homes …

Why El Salvador President Bukele’s foreign agents law is fueling democratic concerns

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Human rights organizations, politicians and experts have sharply criticized a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress as a censorship tool designed to silence and criminalize dissent in the Central American nation by …

Non-Profits Reject Foreign Agents Law in El Salvador

Dozens of humanitarian organizations Representatives from various human rights organizations participate in a press conference in San Salvador. EFE | Confidencial The law, which imposes a 30% tax on donations received by civil organizations, is described …

She Exposed Government Abuse. Now She's Locked up in an El Salvador Prison. 

LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, police in El Salvador arrested one of President Nayib Bukele’s sharpest critics, Ruth Eleonora López, an anti-corruption attorney who has spent years exposing government abuses. “[She] is one of the strongest voices in defense of …

Report reveals over 50 Venezuelans sent by U.S. to El Salvador prison had pending asylum appointments

Report reveals over 50 Venezuelans sent by U.S. to El Salvador prison had pending asylum appointments Washington, May 23 (RHC)-- A report released by the Cato Institute says dozens of Venezuelans — more than 50 — who were transferred from the U.S. to El …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia latest: MD Congressman Glenn Ivey to travel to El Salvador

WASHINGTON - Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD) will depart from Dulles Airport Friday night headed to El Salvador to do a welfare check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia.  What we know: Ivey is expected to fly to El Salvador from Dulles International Airport at 6 p.m. …

Why is El Salvador’s President Bukele targeting foreign-funded nonprofits?

A new law, championed by President Nayib Bukele, is seen by advocates as an effort to stifle dissent in El Salvador. Human rights groups, politicians and experts have sharply criticised a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress as a censorship tool, …

Md. Rep. Ivey heads to El Salvador with hopes to meet with mistakenly deported man

Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey is flying to El Salvador on Friday evening and tells WTOP he hopes to visit with a Beltsville man who is originally from El Salvador and was mistakenly deported earlier this year. Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey is flying to El Salvador …

Marco Rubio Defends Unlawful Deportation of Maryland Father to El Salvador

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tuesday over his support for President Trump’s agenda, including the deportation of immigrants without due process to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. Maryland Democratic …

Glenn Ivey talks El Salvador trip to bring Abrego Garcia back to US