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El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled this week that President Nayib Bukele can run for reelection in next year’s presidential race, even though the country’s constitution prohibits it, the Associated Press reported. The court said Bukele and his running mate, Vice President Félix Ulloa, meet the...

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The World Briefly

October 30, 2023

Legal Eagles

El Salvador

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele will seek reelection in next year’s presidential race, a move that some say is illegal because it violates the country’s constitution, the Associated Press reported. On Thursday, Bukele and his running mate, Vice President Félix Ulloa, registered as candidates of the ruling...

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Need to Know

June 06, 2023

‘Cool’ Crimefighting

El Salvador

A judge in El Salvador recently sentenced the former president of the country, Mauricio Funes, to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs when he was in office between 2009 and 2014, a period when the country suffered some of the highest murder rates...

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The World Briefly

May 31, 2023

Do As I Say …

El Salvador

A Salvadoran court sentenced a former president and another official to lengthy prison sentences on charges of having links with criminal groups and failure to comply with their duties, Reuters reported. Former President Mauricio Funes and his Security Minister David Munguía Payes were sentenced to 14...

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The World Briefly

April 28, 2023

The Faustian Pact

El Salvador

El Salvador began its trial against former President Mauricio Funes this week, with prosecutors alleging that the former leader had negotiated a truce with the country’s street gangs during his 2009 to 2014 presidential term, the Associated Press reported. Authorities accused Funes of illicit association and...

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Need to Know

May 19, 2022

Guns and Crypto

El Salvador

Crime and Bitcoin are the two most powerful forces in El Salvador. The question is whether those forces will be centripetal and bring people together or whether they will be centrifugal and pull the country apart. In March, a record number of gang killings occurred in...

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The World Briefly

May 11, 2022

The Vessels

El Salvador

A Salvadoran court sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison for the death of her unborn child following an obstetric emergency, a verdict that comes amid rising criticism of the Central American country’s strict abortion laws, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. The case is related to...

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The World Briefly

April 15, 2022

‘Punitive Populism’

El Salvador

Salvadoran police have arrested more than 10,000 alleged gang members as of this week, nearly three weeks after the government declared a state of emergency in response to the killings of dozens of people by criminal gangs, VICE reported Thursday. In late March, populist President Nayib...

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The World Briefly

March 29, 2022

Deals and Devils

El Salvador

El Salvador declared a state of emergency this week after criminal gangs began killing people on the streets Saturday, marking the bloodiest day in the country’s history since the end of the civil war three decades ago, the New York Times reported. The new 30-day emergency...

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