Nayib Bukele

Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., allows foreign nationals from troubled nations to live and work legally in the United States and was set to expire for El Salvador on Wednesday

Rescue crews and local civilians worked painstakingly through heavy wreckage Tuesday, seeking to locate survivors trapped beneath debris after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing across dozens of cities and towns in western Colombia

A three-month mass trial of hundreds of alleged gang members of MS-13 wrapped up on Wednesday in El Salvador, with prosecutors delivering their closing arguments and asking for maximum sentences

Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary conditions following the June 24 earthquakes which officials say killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured

Venezuela Quake Toll Reaches 1,719, Government Sets Up Shelters

The effects of more than a decade of government mismanagement and economic sanctions are clear at Dr. José Manuel de Los Ríos Children’s Hospital in Caracas, where Dr. Huníades Urbina-Medina can treat only four children at a time in the intensive care unit

In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday

The rapid mobilization Thursday comes after back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes rocked northern Venezuela roughly 120 miles west of Caracas Wednesday night

The self-proclaimed representative of “the never-before-seen” promised voters fearful of renewed internal conflict to combat violent crime with an iron fist, pledging a strategy that includes ending outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s attempts to establish dialogue with multiple armed groups — an effort that has largely failed — and building mega-prisons, emulating those of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele

Colombia Elects Hardline Populist Who Vows War on Cocaine Gangs

Abelardo de la Espriella promises megaprisons and more if he wins the presidency

Less than two hours after polling stations closed on Sunday, it was clear that Colombia’s presidential race would be settled in a run-off between two finalists: hard-right political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda

Colombia’s next president: Colombia’s populist, Bukele-loving right looks likely to win power

Top Trump administration officials have made it abundantly clear from Day One just how little regard they have for Congress, including and possibly especially its constitutional oversight duties

Hundreds of alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang members sat chained, shaved and mute as they were accused of murder and torture during a mass trial at El Salvador’s notorious CECOT jail on Thursday

Nearly 500 alleged gang leaders face a collective trial in El Salvador, a practice criticized by human rights groups

The ​changes eliminate special legal procedures previously available ​to offenders aged 12 to 18, though they include provisions for periodic sentence reviews and potential supervised ​release

The homeless man accused of stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina light-rail train has been deemed incompetent to stand trial in his state case, but federal authorities vowed the decision will not impact their own case against him

The reform was proposed on Tuesday before El Salvador's legislature, which is firmly in the control of Bukele's party

Since the Trump administration and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele reached an agreement for the Central American country to receive deportees in its mega prison, detainees, human rights activists and other organizations have denounced a wide range of violations taking place at the facility, including torture, sexual abuse and inhumane conditions

Trump encouraged regional leaders gathered at his Miami-area golf club to take military action against drug trafficking cartels and transnational gangs that he says pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere's national security

Kristi Noem will reportedly join President Donald Trump and 12 Latin American leaders at his resort in Florida for a "Shield of the Americas" summit Saturday after her ouster as the Secretary of Homeland Security and appointment by President Donald Trump to be special envoy for the new coalition of nations

Donald Trump left viewers baffled with a bizarre "ramble" during a speech on Thursday (February 5)

Rightwing populist Laura Fernández has won Costa Rica’s presidential election by a landslide, after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade

Hours later, local media published screenshots of messages Torres included in his complaint against activist Stella Chinchilla supposedly showing her complaining to alleged hitmen that they hadn't done their job