El Salvador’s electoral authority confirms Bukele’s re-election
El Salvador’s constitution actually prohibits the direct re-election of the president. Nevertheless, Nayib Bukele remains in office. The Supreme Electoral Court in El Salvador has confirmed President Nayib Bukele’s victory in last Sunday’s presidential election. After all votes were counted, the controversial Bukele received almost 83 percent of the votes, as the Central American country’s […]
Votes recounted in El Salvador
Many votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections in El Salvador have to be recounted. The controversial head of state Nayib Bukele has already declared himself the winner of the election. A large proportion of the votes cast in the presidential and parliamentary elections in El Salvador must be recounted. Due to technical problems, almost […]
Salvadorans elected: heavy hand or freedoms
04 MIN 00 SEG AFP San Salvador, El Salvador (February 4, 2024) .-05:00 hrs Salvadorans go to the polls to choose between Bukele’s heavy hand or freedoms. Credit: AFP Álvaro enjoys an improvised party in a square in San Salvador, one day before voting in the elections from today. There is no gangs out there […]
Bukele is heading for re-election
With his tough policy against criminal gangs, the young President Bukele has won over Salvadorans. However, human rights activists warn against the authoritarian course. El Salvador’s controversial head of state Nayib Bukele is seeking a second term in office in the presidential and parliamentary elections in the Central American country. According to polls, the 42-year-old […]
Salvadorans vote for president and parliament
The new government in El Salvador is scheduled to take office on June 1st. The parliamentary election has now begun. Will the controversial head of state be re-elected? Presidential and parliamentary elections have begun in El Salvador. Because of his tough crackdown on criminal gangs, the controversial head of state Nayib Bukele is likely to […]
Thousands of migrants are heading towards the USA
The migrants mainly come from countries such as Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Haiti. The group’s target is reportedly first Mexico City, then the northern border. Several thousand migrants have formed a caravan in southern Mexico to march north towards the USA. Around 5,000 people set out on Christmas Eve after a prayer […]
President Bukele is taking a break – for his re-election
The constitution actually prohibits the president from seeking re-election. But there is a loophole that he now wants to exploit. The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has taken a six-month leave of absence so that he can run for re-election despite a constitutional ban. His private secretary is now taking over for him temporarily. […]
Miss Universe 2023 candidates, two transgender and married women
This Wednesday, El Salvador received the 88 candidates for the Miss Universe 2023 title, which will have a “more inclusive organization” and the participation of married women, women with children or transgender women, a spokeswoman said. The 72nd edition of the event on November 18 has “a much more inclusive organization,” acknowledged in an interview […]
Thousands of migrants in caravan through Mexico towards the USA
Several thousand migrants have formed a caravan in southern Mexico to head north towards the USA. The police counted around 5,000 people, mainly from Honduras, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador and Guatemala, as local media reported. There are many women with small children among them. They set off from Tapachula in the state of Chiapas. […]
They demand the release of ‘innocent’ prisoners in El Salvador; mass trials worry
Dozens of relatives of people detained during the 19 months of emergency regime in El Salvadorimposed by Nayib Bukele’s government in its fight against criminal gangs, gathered on Thursday in front of the Supreme Court of Justice to demand the release of their loved ones. Claiming that their relatives are innocent and fearing they will […]
