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Venezuela opens investigation into Bukele for serious human rights violations against those held hostage at mega-prison in El Salvador
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 21, 2025
William Saab accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of personally ordering the attacks on his fellow citizens who were held hostage and disappeared in the mega-prison. Photo: EFE According to the Venezuelan Prosecutor's Office, they were...
Hunter Biden Is Rip-Snorting FURIOUS at ‘That F-n’ George Clooney, Hopes to Invade El Salvador
PJ Media - Virginia
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July 21, 2025
Hunter Biden is rip-snorting furious at your snide jokes, personal insults, and drug-related puns (he nose what you’re saying). Yeah, his father might’ve left the Oval Office, but this is no time to powder his nose and/or take a deep breath:...
International News Briefs for Friday, August 1, 2025
Havana Times
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August 1, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, August 1, 2025. Two More Palestinians Starve to Death Amid Israel’s Siege of Gaza Aug 01, 2025 Palestinian officials in Gaza report Israeli...
Venezuelan Man Released From El Salvador After Possibly Being Deported Over Tattoo
Miami New Times - Florida
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After spending more than 120 days inside a notorious prison in El Salvador, Luis Carlos José Marcano Silva was among the scores of Venezuelan migrants released to their native country on Friday as part of a three-nation prisoner exchange. In...
What Is Light Roast? What Is Dark Roast? A New UC Davis Coffee Center Study Reveals All
Sprudge - Oregon
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August 1, 2025
What is light roast and what is dark roast? Ask 10 different coffee roasters and you’ll get 10 different answers. But the truth of the matter may be in the color. And a new study finds that all Arabica coffee follows the same general color curve...
El Salvador frees jailed Venezuelans in US prison deal
RTE Ireland
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July 19, 2025
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in Donald Trump's immigration dragnet were abruptly freed from a maximum security Salvadoran jail and sent home as part of a prisoner swap yesterday, ending a months-long high-profile ordeal. The 252 men were...
Ambassador Duncan: El Salvador’s Maritime Operations Boost Regional Anti-Drug Efforts.
El Salvador in English
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July 21, 2025
President Nayib Bukele announced on social media that El Salvador’s Navy intercepted a low-profile vessel (LPV) 600 nautical miles southwest of El Cordoncillo inlet in the Estero de Jaltepeque. Onboard were three drug traffickers—two Ecuadorians...
El Salvador Lied About Buying Bitcoin in 2025, IMF Report Reveals
BeInCrypto
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July 18, 2025
IMF confirms no new public-sector Bitcoin purchases by El Salvador despite government claims of daily accumulation El Salvador’s government claimed throughout 2025 that it was buying one Bitcoin per day. However, a newly published IMF report...
El Salvador frees jailed Venezuelan migrants in US prisoner deal
Daily Star
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July 19, 2025
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in Donald Trump's immigration dragnet were abruptly freed from a maximum security Salvadoran jail and sent home as part of a prisoner swap Friday, ending a months-long high-profile ordeal. The 252 men were accused...
From El Salvador’s CECOT Prison to His Family’s Arms
Documented - New York
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July 21, 2025
After spending 125 days in El Salvador’s notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison, Merwil Gutiérrez, a 20-year-old asylum seeker detained in the Bronx, was released last Friday to Venezuela with more than 200 other...
El Salvador releases hundreds of US deportees from notorious prison in US-Venezuela swap
KESQ-TV - California
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July 18, 2025
By Kristen Holmes, Kylie Atwood, Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration completed a large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela on Friday, sending about 250 Venezuelans who had been deported and imprisoned in El...
Violent UK offenders could be sent to El Salvador under Farage crime crackdown
Sky News
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July 21, 2025
Nigel Farage has said violent UK offenders could be jailed overseas under his plans to cut crime by half. The Reform UK leader named El Salvador as a likely destination, though he said he has not held conversations with officials there and...
How Does Farage Want To Protect The UK From 'Collapse'? By Sending Prisoners To El Salvador, Of Course
HuffPost UK
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July 21, 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage attends a press conference on the economy and renewable energy, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Nigel Farage has a brand new plan to help save Britain from “societal collapse”, apparently. In a press conference,...
Watch: Hunter Biden Returns, Goes on Wild Rant About Becoming President, El Salvador, and 'White Men'
Red State
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July 21, 2025
By Bonchie | 12:44 PM on July 21, 2025 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Since receiving his nepo-baby pardon from his father, Hunter Biden has been mostly out of sight...
Gay makeup artist released from El Salvador prison after deportation from US
GCN
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July 21, 2025
Andry Hernandez Romero, a makeup artist and gay asylum seeker from Venezuela, was recently released in a prisoner swap after four months in CECOT (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo), an El Salvadorian prison. However, activists warn that he...
Nigel Farage says he would send violent offenders to El Salvador under crime crackdown
Smooth Radio
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21 July 2025, 12:31 | Updated: 21 July 2025, 15:14 Nigel Farage has said violent UK offenders could be jailed overseas under his plans to cut crime by half. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. The Reform UK leader named El...
Farage pledges to send Ian Huntley to El Salvador as part of Reform plans to tackle ‘lawless’ Britain
The Independent
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July 21, 2025
Nigel Farage revealed Reform UK’s plan to send British criminals to some of the world’s toughest prisons during a speech on Monday (21 July). The Reform UK leader unveiled plans that would seemingly mimic measures implemented by Donald Trump in...
‘We Know What’s Coming: Exile or Prison’ – Salvadoran Journalist Óscar Martínez on Surviving Bukele’s Crackdown
The Good Men Project - California
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July 26, 2025
By Committee to Protect Journalists This interview was originally published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on June 4, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Journalists...
Farage pledges to 'send Ian Huntley to El Salvador' as Reform UK unveils plans to tackle 'lawless Britain'
Radio X
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21 July 2025, 10:31 | Updated: 21 July 2025, 12:00 Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a Reform UK press conference in Royal Horseguards Hotel, London. Picture: Alamy Nigel Farage has vowed to send UK criminals - including Soham child murderer...
Ecuador joins regional push to control NGO funding
United Press International (UPI)
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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa's proposal would create a mandatory registry for nonprofit entities, require regular financial reporting and allow the government to suspend or revoke operating permits if NGOs engage in “activities incompatible...