Article on Latino congregations needed a more precise telling of El Salvador's history in order to understand reasons for ...

“We're living through a moment where history is repeating itself," said Ingrid Escobar, leader of the human rights legal ...

An estimated 75,000 civilians were killed during El Salvador’s civil war, mostly by U.S.-backed government security forces.

El Salvador's top human rights organization, Cristosal, announced Thursday it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele.

The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched ...

The conflict in El Salvador lasted 12 years, from 1980 to 1992, following a civil-military coup in 1979, leaving around 75,000 civilians dead and others tortured, raped or abducted. Rosales' often ...

Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics, suggesting policies once used to attack organized ...

In their letter, El Salvador’s bishops acknowledged the need to address the nation’s gang crimes and the recent successes of Mr. Bukele in containing crime, but implored that new attention be ...

Rodriguez left El Salvador after covering protests against the eviction of agricultural communities from a series of collectives granted to them in the aftermath of the Salvadoran Civil War.

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief willing to break norms to save his country. Critics say he's just an old ...