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El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all forms of metals mining in 2017. Bukele, who took office in 2019, has called the ban absurd. El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban ...
The gang crackdown is officially known in El Salvador as the "State of Exception" (Spanish: régimen de excepción). [13] Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government have described the crackdown itself as a "war" (guerra) [14] and also refer to it as the "War Against the Gangs" (guerra contra las pandillas).
"In the current context of opacity and harassment of independent journalists and civil organizations in El Salvador, there is a serio Human Rights Watch warns of new threats to privacy, press ...
El Salvador's Congress approved Monday a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals. The law, proposed by President Nayib Bukele and passed on a 57 to 3 vote ...
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador 31 January: The Terrorism Confinement Center was open to hold inmates. [1]6 June: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of legislative seats from 84 to 60 ahead of the 2024 general election.
After deportations were made by the U.S. in the late 1990s the gangs were now in El Salvador. [17] The gangs have affected El Salvador creating violence in the country. Today, El Salvador has to fix the current problems the Civil War has left and additionally the issue of organized crime.
The 2021 Salvadoran political crisis occurred on 1 May 2021 when the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted to remove several judges from the Supreme Court and remove the Attorney General of El Salvador, both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of Nayib Bukele.
A judge in San Miguel, El Salvador, issued an arrest warrant for him on Aug. 7, 2018, for aggravated homicide and participating in a terrorist organization, ICE said, without detailing the crimes.