- 7h ago
Chris Van Hollen challenges Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leadership
Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday, 12 November, that he will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, with the closed-door caucus vote set for 1 December.
- 3d ago
Salvadoran troops and Haitian police retake Port-au-Prince stadium from gangs
Haitian police and Salvadoran troops say they now hold the Sylvio-Cator stadium in Port-au-Prince, where Bukele reports finding human skulls. The site will serve as a base for further operations against gangs.
- Oct 29
El Salvador sends over 2,000 troops to Haiti after four soldiers vanish in gang ambush
The deployment, one of the largest bilateral military operations on the island according to experts, follows the disappearance of four Salvadoran military personnel in a gang ambush on 18 October near Port-au-Prince.
- Oct 23
Bukele denies bodies found in Haiti are four missing Salvadoran soldiers
Four bodies found in Haiti on Saturday, 24 October, were believed by sources to be four Salvadoran soldiers missing since 18 October, but President Nayib Bukele said they were not his men.
- Oct 21
El Salvador launches military rescue for four technicians abducted by Haitian gangs
Bukele says a rescue operation is under way and warns that a harsher attack will follow if the men are not freed alive. Haiti's government calls the rescue an absolute priority.
- Oct 20
US keeps TPS protections for Ukrainians and Sudanese in place, with no end date
The Department of Homeland Security said Ukrainian and Sudanese holders of temporary protected status keep their protection, even though it was due to expire on Monday, 19 October, and it set no end date for the reprieve.
- Oct 15
Costa Rica opens 5,100-place mega-prison modelled on Bukele's El Salvador facility
President Laura Fernández inaugurated the CACCO on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, with first inmate transfers due at the end of October. The prison sits in the La Reforma complex outside San José and is modelled on El Salvador's CECOT.
- Oct 14
Bukele proposes conditional early release for about half of gang-collaboration prisoners
Nayib Bukele said on Tuesday, 13 October, that a plan could free roughly half of El Salvador's jailed gang collaborators on conditional release. Rights groups say innocent people are among the more than 92,000 detained under the state of exception.
- Oct 13
Woman who jumped from Royal Caribbean cruise ship found alive after 20 hours at sea off Greece
A 44-year-old woman from El Salvador who went overboard from the Odyssey of the Seas was found alive in a lifebuoy early on Saturday, 10 October, about 70 nautical miles south-west of Zakynthos. She is under medical observation and the Katakolo Port Authority is investigating.
- Oct 9
Panama declares state of emergency after magnitude 7.7 quake and over 100 aftershocks
Panama's government declared a national state of emergency on Saturday, with up to USD 100 million for repairs, after a 7.7 quake and a 6.6 quake on Friday damaged all 10 provinces and left 27 people injured.
