Chile’s incoming president, Jose Antonio Kast, toured El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison on Friday, one stop on a weeklong trip focused on showcasing his commitment to beefing up security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/world/politics/chile-kast-bukele-prison-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #joseantoniokast #elsalvador #cecot #us #southamerica #centralamerica #nayibbukele
Around 91,000 people, mostly young men, have been thrown into prison in El Salvador since 2022 on suspicions that they are gang members, some simply because they had tattoos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/world/society/crisis-generation-salvadorans-dad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #elsalvador #centralamerica #nayibbukele #prisons
Latin America’s political mood is moving right as voters punish governments that fail to deliver, but local contexts and individual leaders shape how this trend plays out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/09/world/year-of-the-right-looms-for-latin-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #latinamerica #joseantoniokast #javiermilei #nicolasmaduro #donaldtrump #nayibbukele #gustavopetro #luizinacioluladasilva #sebastianpinera #claudiasheinbaum #chile #argentina #venezuela #elsalvador #ecuador #honduras #costarica #peru #colombia #brazil #mexico
Alex Akselrod
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El Hijo de Puta, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with the NAZI Nayib Bukele in El
Salvador by RENEGING on INFORMANTS in a YEARS-LONG investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements. #marcorubio
#bukele #NayibBukele #news #uspol #politics #elsalvador #MS13
https://archive.ph/1Pv0d
El Hijo de Puta, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with the NAZI Nayib Bukele in El
Salvador by RENEGING on INFORMANTS in a YEARS-LONG investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements. #marcorubio
#bukele #NayibBukele #news #uspol #politics #elsalvador #MS13
https://archive.ph/1Pv0d
ProPublica
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A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back a key government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of countries such as El Salvador and Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/world/politics/us-state-department-trump-human-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #humanrights #us #donaldtrump #republicans #elsalvador #nayibbukele #lgbtq #israel #jairbolsonaro