Recent increase of troops at El Salvador-Honduras border raises red flags

Carmen Milena Mayorga de Monterrosa, a National Republican Alliance (ARENA) party legislator elected in 2018, has become the new diplomatic representative for El Salvador in the United States.

Co-Published with Toward Freedom, journalist Jeff Abbott explores the "new Plan Puebla Panama."

President Bukele's ‘health cordon’ blocks access for experts appointed to carry out the archive search at military base.

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