Tag Archives: Nayib Bukele

The Associated Press reports: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for what he called “political prisoners” in Venezuela. In a post on X, directed at President Nicolás Maduro, Bukele listed off a number of family members of …

The New York Times reports: The photos shared by Mr. Van Hollen and others posted by Mr. Bukele were the first public glimpses of Mr. Abrego Garcia since his deportation in March, which the Trump administration admitted in court was an error. The Supreme Court has ordered the administration to “facilitate” his return, but a federal judge overseeing the case …

The Independent reports: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele intends to double the size of the notorious mega-prison that’s currently holding U.S. deportees, according to a new report. Bukele told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last month that he plans to build out the El Salvador prison known as CECOT, which has been attacked by human rights groups as a “tropical gulag” …

Reuters reports: Lawyers challenging the incarceration in El Salvador of more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the U.S. said the Salvadoran government is denying the prisoners access to attorneys and contact with the outside world. Under an agreement with the Salvadoran government, President Donald Trump’s administration in March sent 238 Venezuelans to its Terrorism Confinement Center, the largest prison in …

Mother Jones reports: Few media organizations have covered the rise of Bukele, as closely or fearlessly, as El Faro, founded in 1998 as the first digital newspaper in Latin America. In 2020, El Faro began publishing a blockbuster investigation that exposed secret negotiations between the Bukele administration and leaders of the MS-13 gang who were imprisoned in El Salvador. The …

The New York Times reports: President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador rejected any notion that he would return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States, saying it would be akin to smuggling “a terrorist” into the United States. In fact, the Trump administration has said in court that the deportation of Mr. Abrego was an “administrative error.” Stephen Miller, …

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump on Monday is hosting El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, the self-described “world’s coolest dictator” who has become a key ally in the administration’s controversial migrant deportations. The two men will greet each other at the White House for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. There, they will likely face reporter questions on the …

Axios reports: El Salvador’s president has offered to “house in his jails dangerous American criminals” and accept deportees of any nationality, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday night. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s [photo] offer is “the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” per remarks by Rubio. Rubio made the announcement that was criticized by …

Breitbart reports: The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, published a message of support to journalist Tucker Carlson on social media late Monday following Fox News’ abrupt announcement that day that its most popular anchor would no longer work there. Bukele suggested that Carlson would soon face a “smear” campaign and attempted censorship as “they” could not kill him without …

El Pais reports: As a result of the fall in global markets caused by the uncertainty of the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and the US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates, the price of the most popular cryptocurrency in the world has plummeted more than 50% from its all-time highs. And with it, so too have the bonds …

Forbes reports: El Salvador has become the first country in the world to formally adopt cryptocurrency after its Congress voted overwhelmingly to approve a law classifying Bitcoin as legal tender, President Nayib Bukele [photo] said Wednesday, an initiative he hopes will boost foreign investment, improve financial inclusion and generate jobs. Bitcoin is set to become legal tender in 90 days, …