World & Nation
A 37-year-old social media star who ran as an outsider and vowed to combat corruption declared victory in El Salvador’s presidential election Sunday after preliminary results showed him with a majority of the vote.
Feb. 3, 2019
Opinion
To the editor: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to El Salvador was a total waste of time and money.
April 11, 2019
To the editor: Last weekend, El Salvador was called one of “3 Mexican countries” by a major news network.
April 5, 2019
Soccer
Galaxy midfielder Mauricio Cienfuegos, who walked out of practice Wednesday and failed to show for El Salvador’s Gold Cup qualifying game against Haiti, is expected to be in uniform tonight when El Salvador faces Canada at the Coliseum at 8 p.m.
Oct. 8, 1999
The storm threatens to bring flash flooding to El Salvador and other parts of Central America as it sits just off the Pacific coast.
Oct. 30, 2023
Podcasts
El Salvador is the first country to make a cryptocurrency legal tender. Some locals like it. To others, it’s “the devil’s money.”
July 16, 2021
Despite his country’s losing investment in the cryptocurrency, El Salvador’s bitcoin-boosting president is doubling down on it and buying more.
July 1, 2022
A 37-year-old populist campaigning on an anti-corruption platform and hoping to bring an end to El Salvador’s two-party rule is the leading candidate as voters go to the polls here Sunday to elect a new president.
Feb. 2, 2019
When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America.
Feb. 3, 2023
The U.S. is slashing military aid to El Salvador despite lobbying by the country’s pro-American but, some say, increasingly authoritarian leader.
Dec. 29, 2020