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The Argentina Football Association (AFA) said Thursday the national team will play two friendlies in the United States in March after China cancelled matches in a spat over a Lionel Messi no-show in Hong Kong. The world champions will play El Salvador in Philadelphia on March 22 and Nigeria in Los Angeles four days later, […]

Voters reward Bukele for gang crackdown that has transformed security in central American countryEl Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has won a thumping victory in elections after voters cast aside concerns about erosion of democracy to reward him for a fierce gang crackdown that transformed security in the central American country.Provisional results on Monday morning showed Bukele winning 83% support with just over 70% of...

Democratic lawmakers urged the Biden administration in a letter Tuesday to address “authoritarian” actions by the Salvadoran president. “We are writing to express our significant concerns regarding democratic backsliding and an increase in reports of human rights violations in El Salvador,” the letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken reads. “These concerns are especially pressing...

A new book chronicles the forces that have led to the current impasse at the southern border.