Japan pressed El Salvador to prevent Chinese influence over port
The Japanese government prevented a Chinese corporation from getting operating rights at a port in El Salvador to be built with a concessional loan from Tokyo, diplomatic sources said Monday. The government warned of withdrawing its plan to provide ¥11.2 billion ($102 million) in official ...
Mike Pompeo praises slowed migrant flow in meeting with Mexico's Marcelo Ebrard
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday thanked his Mexican counterpart for increased immigration enforcement by the country that Washington said is leading to fewer migrants entering the United States. The meeting confirmed a considerably calmer tone in U.S.-Mexican relations than in early June, when ...
Anti-corruption outsider wins El Salvador presidency, ending three decades of two-party dominance
A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador's presidential election on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-party system that has held sway over the violence-plagued Central American country for three decades. Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of ...
