Corruption

Central America

Interview with a Former Prosecutor en Route to Exile: “I can now say that everything Porras has done is shady”

Carlos Martínez y Gabriel Labrador

“It’s Hard to Find an Honest Judge in Guatemala Now”

A Guatemalan Judge under Siege

Politics

El Salvador

Bukele's Plan — Launching National Cryptocurrency by Year's End

Sergio Arauz, Nelson Rauda y Roman Gressier

Publicidad

Corruption

Central America

“It’s Hard to Find an Honest Judge in Guatemala Now”

Roman Gressier / Guatemala City

Editorial

Columns

On the Expulsion of Daniel Lizárraga

El Faro

Politics

Central America

State Department Accuses Four Senior Bukele Officials of Corruption

José Luis Sanz y Nelson Rauda

Corruption

Central America

Guatemala's Counterattack against Anti-Corruption Campaign

Gabriel Labrador

Politics

Columns

USAID, Bitcoin and the Long Fight over El Salvador’s Sovereignty

Daniel Alvarenga

Politics

Columns

El Salvador Cheers as Democracy Dies

Nelson Rauda

Migration

El Salvador

U.S. Border Closed for Salvadoran Soccer Star

Nelson Rauda

Politics

Columns

Rise of the Central American Autocrats

Will Grant

ef_english

Columns

Despite U.S. Pressure, China’s Presence in Central America is Growing

Constantino Urcuyo

Transparency

El Salvador

How El Salvador Adopted Bitcoin in Five Hours

Nelson Rauda y Roman Gressier

Corruption

Columns

Our Father is a Prisoner of Conscience in Guatemala

Ni’kte ‘Ixch’umil Saqijix Caal Matzir y Chahim Yaretzi Ketzalí Caal Matzir

Politics

Columns

No, Mr. President, Washington Doesn’t Want to Fight (Yet)

Ricardo Valencia

Politics

El Farolero

Up to the Task

Otto

Politics

El Farolero

Troubled Waters

Otto

Politics

Columns

The Day Nuevas Ideas Rejected Our Right to Be Trans

Bianka Rodríguez

Corruption

Columns

Ortega’s Second Attack on Confidencial & Press Freedom

Carlos Fernando Chamorro

Corruption

Columns

Central America Needs a Commission to Prosecute Corruption, Not a War on Migration

Victoria Sanford

Corruption

El Salvador

State Department Names Bukele’s Chief of Cabinet in List of Corrupt Officials

José Luis Sanz / Washington

Politics

Columns

The Bully of the Tropics

José Miguel Cruz

Migration

El Salvador

Sting Operation against Migrant Caravan Arrests Working-Class Migrants as Human Traffickers

Gabriela Cáceres y Roman Gressier

Migration

Central America

People of Honduras — Stay Home

Carlos Martínez

Corruption

Columns

There Is No Democratic Tradition in El Salvador

Jorge Cuéllar

Politics

El Salvador

Bukele Responds to Avalanche of International Criticism: “The People Voted for This”

Gabriel Labrador y Julia Gavarrete

Editorial

Columns

This Is How a Republic Dies

El Faro

Corruption

El Salvador

Bukele's Legislative Assembly Ousts Supreme Court Magistrates and Attorney General

Jimmy Alvarado, Roxana Lazo y Sergio Arauz*

Impunity

El Salvador

U.S. Government Hid Presence of U.S. Advisor in El Mozote Massacre, Expert Says

Nelson Rauda y Roman Gressier

Corruption

El Salvador

Minister of Justice Fired for Using Public Funds to Prepare Presidential Bid

Efren Lemus y Roxana Lazo

Transparency

El Salvador

Venezuelan Opposition Figure Served as Bukele’s Anti-Corruption Advisor

Jimmy Alvarado

Inequality

Columns

Traditional Guatemalan Elites Must Change Now. Here Is Where to Start.

Anita Isaacs

Impunity

Central America

“Whether on the Court or Not, I Swore to Protect the Constitution”

José Luis Sanz / Washington

Editorial

Columns

Government Fabricates a New Case against El Faro

El Faro

Politics

Central America

“An Economic Crisis in El Salvador Could Prompt a New Wave of Migration”

José Luis Sanz / Washington

Politics

Central America

Obama’s Cuba Negotiator To Lead Biden Central America Policy

José Luis Sanz / Washington

Politics

Central America

“Like It or Not, These Are the Presidents We Have to Deal With”

José Luis Sanz / Washington

Migration

EF Photo

Every Night, Hundreds of Central Americans Cross the Rio Grande to Safety

Víctor Peña

Corruption

Columns

A Final Blow to Guatemala's Justice System

Álvaro Montenegro

Migration

EF Photo

Roma, Texas and the Central American Exodus

Víctor Peña

Corruption

Columns

Central America: Fertile Ground for Cocaine Production

Dardo Justino Rodríguez

Inequality

Central America

Indigenous Guatemalan Journalist Censured for Reporting on a Protest

Jared Olson

Politics

El Salvador

Former Juan Guaidó Strategist Manages Campaigns for Nayib Bukele

Jimmy Alvarado

Transparency

Central America

What Could the ‘Khashoggi Ban’ Mean for Central American Journalism?

Roman Gressier

Historical Memory

Columns

The Perils of Unchecked Power

Héctor Lindo

Inequality

Columns

Misogyny Wins Elections in El Salvador

María Luz Nóchez

Corruption

Central America

A Guatemalan Judge under Siege

Elsa Coronado

Politics

Central America

"The United States Can’t Fix the Problems of El Salvador or Honduras"

José Luis Sanz / Washington

Politics

EF Foto

"Let the President Control Everything"

Carlos Barrera

Politics

El Farolero

Paper Trail to the Polls

Otto

Politics

Columnas

Why El Salvador’s Multi-Party System Is On the Brink of Collapse

Oscar Pocasangre

Politics

Columnas

Technology, Not Fraud, Will Challenge El Salvador's Elections

Tim Muth

Migration

Centroamérica

The Central Americans Seeking Asylum in Europe

Melissa Vida

Impunity

Centroamérica

In-Custody Death Sparks Allegations of Femicide against Honduran Police

Vienna Herrera

Corruption

El Salvador

Inside Civil Society's Bid to Strengthen El Salvador's Anti-Corruption Commission

Roman Gressier

U.S.-Mexico Border

Columnas

Biden’s Immigration Bill Will Do Little to End Death and Suffering in the Borderlands

Max Granger

Inequality

Centroamérica

Women Weavers: To Outsiders We’re Exotic; In Guatemala We’re the "Marías"

Kimberly López

Politics

El Salvador

Honduras is a Narco-State with a Narco-President, Says Candidate for Inter-American Commission Secretary

Julia Gavarrete

Politics

Columnas

Bukele Learned Nothing from February 9, 2020

El Faro

Politics

Internacionales

“A Leader Unready to Go after Corruption Won't be a U.S. Ally”

José Luis Sanz

Inequality

El Salvador

Women Bear the Invisible Wounds of Economic Violence

María Luz Nóchez

Politics

Internacionales

From Fear to Outrage in Guatemala

Elsa Coronado

Impunity

Internacionales

The Afternoon Giammattei Unleashed the Fury

Ricardo Marroquín y Francisco Rodriguez

Corruption

Columnas

Nicaragua Adopts the Cuban – Venezuelan Model

Carlos Chamorro

Transparency

Internacionales

Data leak reveals that Nicaraguan government lied about the impact of COVID-19

Confidencial

Transparency

El Salvador

Salvadoran Defense Minister: President’s General Staff Responsible for 9-F Military Incursion

Nelson Rauda

Politics

Columnas

Bukele Is a Threat to Journalism

El Faro