Congress passed ‘foreign agents’ law targeting non-profits shortly after jailing of high-profile activist
And other reflections on a proposed US capital control
Britain seeks to co-operate with the US on regulation of digital assets
What’s the appeal for Trump of Bukele’s mass incarceration model?
Trump administration has been accused of abusing rights of migrants sent to foreign prison without trial
President of Central American country and American officials say there is no basis for his return
Justice department ‘unable’ to provide details requested on how it was repatriating man wrongly sent to jail in El Salvador
Families and activists say deportees signed documents to return to Venezuela but were sent to Salvadoran jail instead
As Rubio visits, president says country could take American citizens as well as ‘violent’ immigrants
Incoming president to issue executive orders on deportations, tariffs and cuts to regulation
President Nayib Bukele has brought stability and safety, but imprisoned tens of thousands. Governments face dilemmas about how to engage
President Nayib Bukele had called prohibition ‘absurd’ despite pushback from environmental and social groups
RIP Chivo, we hardly knew ye
Central American nation to make acceptance of cryptocurrency voluntary to unlock international lending
Deal linked to promise of river conservation is latest example of increasingly popular ‘debt for nature swaps’
Lord, make me solvent, but not yet
Other policies of the millennial president, such as mass incarceration, are less easy to copy
Bitcoin-backing strongman expected to be re-elected for controversial second term despite constitutional ban
Millennial incumbent president is polling at 82 per cent amid crackdown on alleged gangsters
Félix Ulloa, who is running for re-election as vice-president, defends sweeping crime crackdown
Analysts fear self-styled ‘CEO of El Salvador’ could make central American nation a one-party state
The appeal of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is a threat to the region’s democratic success
President Nayib Bukele remains popular despite arbitrary arrests and controversial legal reforms to allow potential second term
Bagholder Bukele learns the old ways are sometimes the best
FT analysis finds 40,000 detainees would have just 0.6 sq metres of cell space each in ‘city of crime’
