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El Salvador to Host IRONMAN 70.3 for the First Time, Boosting Sports Tourism.
El Salvador in English
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July 22, 2025
Prestigious triathlon event positions the country on the global endurance sports calendar. For the first time in its history, El Salvador will host the IRONMAN 70.3, one of the most renowned middle-distance triathlon competitions in the world. The...
El Salvador Supports At-Risk Youth Through Culinary Training Program.
El Salvador in English
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July 22, 2025
El Salvador continues its efforts to expand opportunities for young Salvadorans in the tourism sector. This afternoon, 21 youths from Gastro-Lab La Libertad took part in the culinary event Euforia de la Baja, led by renowned Mexican chef Oskar...
Venezuela’s returning migrants allege abuses in the notorious El Salvador prison the U.S. sent them to
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Carlos Uzcátegui, one of the Venezuelan migrants deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, is welcomed home by relatives and neighbors in Lobatera, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP...
U.S. Business & Tourism Visas for El Salvador Rise Under Trump.
El Salvador in English
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July 23, 2025
The United States has issued 17% more B1/B2 tourist and business visas to Salvadoran citizens during the first five months of Donald Trump’s current administration, according to data from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs....
Repatriated Venezuelans Denounce ‘Abuse and Torture’ in El Salvador’s CECOT Mega Prison
Venezuelanalysis
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July 23, 2025
252 men were recently released from CECOT following a successful negotiation led by the Maduro government. (Getty Images) Caracas, July 23, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – A group of Venezuelan men forcibly deported from the US and detained in El...
Nigel Farage proposes sending UK prisoners to El Salvador following Trump model
BNE Intellinews
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced plans to send British prisoners to El Salvador if he becomes prime minister, mirroring a controversial arrangement between US President Donald Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart Nayib Bukele that has...
History of political exiles is repeating itself in El Salvador
Gulf Today
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July 23, 2025
The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so they can stay in El...
World News | El Salvador's New Wave of Political Exiles Say History Repeating Itself
Latestly
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July 23, 2025
San Salvador, Jul 23 (AP) The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe...
Venezuela's returning migrants allege abuses in El Salvador's ‘hell’ prison where U.S. sent them
Spectrum News Austin
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July 23, 2025
LOBATERA, Venezuela (AP) — Carlos Uzcátegui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday as the morning fog in western Venezuela lifted. The family's first embrace in more than a year finally convinced him that his nightmare...
Venezuela’s returning migrants allege abuses in El Salvador’s ‘hell’ prison where U.S. sent them
Los Angeles Times
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July 23, 2025
LOBATERA, Venezuela — Carlos Uzcátegui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday as the morning fog in western Venezuela lifted. The family’s first embrace in more than a year finally convinced him that his nightmare inside a...
San Salvador leads Joseph O’Brien double at Ballinrobe
Irish Examiner
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July 21, 2025
Versatile veteran San Salvador defied top-weight in the featured Download The Tote App Handicap in Ballinrobe, providing the second leg of a double for Joseph O’Brien and stable-jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle, who is now only five behind reigning...
Venezuelan Migrants Describe Torture After Deportation to El Salvador
Tico Times
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July 23, 2025
“You’re going to rot in here. You’ll spend 300 years in prison.” That’s what Maikel Olivera says guards repeatedly told him during his four-month detention in El Salvador’s notorious mega prison. On Tuesday, the 37-year-old reunited with his...
Venezuela’s returning migrants allege abuses in El Salvador’s ‘hell’ prison where US sent them
Associated Press
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July 23, 2025
LOBATERA, Venezuela (AP) — Carlos Uzcátegui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday as the morning fog in western Venezuela lifted. The family’s first embrace in more than a year finally convinced him that his nightmare...
‘We Know What’s Coming: Exile or Prison’ – Salvadoran Journalist Óscar Martínez on Surviving Bukele’s Crackdown
The Good Men Project - California
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July 26, 2025
By Committee to Protect Journalists This interview was originally published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on June 4, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Journalists...
Opinion: There’s a name for what Trump is doing. Juan Crow.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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In its merciless pursuit of people without papers — most of them Latino — and its demonization of asylum seekers, refugees, holders of temporary protected status, Muslims and Palestinian rights activists, the Trump administration is accelerating...
El Salvador’s National Treasury Now Holds Over $738 Million in Bitcoin.
El Salvador in English
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July 20, 2025
El Salvador continues to make headlines in the global financial and crypto markets. According to data shared by Bitcoin Magazine, the country’s national treasury now holds 6,244.18 Bitcoin, valued at over $738 million as of current market prices....
CABEI and OPEC Fund Evaluate Strategic Partnership to Expand Surf City II Infrastructure in El Salvador.
El Salvador in English
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July 22, 2025
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the OPEC Fund for International Development are currently conducting a joint technical mission in El Salvador aimed at strengthening the Surf City Phase II infrastructure program...
They were freed from a ‘torture prison’ in El Salvador. This is their life now
The Independent
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July 22, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Royal Caribbean Finds Talent in El Salvador for Global Cruise Operations.
El Salvador in English
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July 22, 2025
Royal Caribbean held a recruitment event in El Salvador to hire local candidates for positions on its cruise ships, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government. The initiative is part of the Labor Mobility Program, backed by the U.S....
Farage: Violent Brit Criminals Could Go to Prison in El Salvador
Red State
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July 22, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. A lot of us on the American right are finding we like British Reform UK leader Nigel Farage more and more all the time. Mr. Farage...