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El Salvador approves a constitutional amendment to allow for life sentences18 March 2026
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress approved a constitutional amendment pushed forward by President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday to permit life sentences in a…
Following term-limit reforms, El Salvador’s President says he could remain in power for another decade30 December 2025
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, who came to power in 2019 and is now serving a second term which critics have called unconstitutional, said he was open to…
El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends presidential terms4 August 2025
The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country's National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presid…
El Salvador's president rewrites constitution to allow changes at will11 February 2025
On Wednesday afternoon, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly ratified changes to the 1983 Constitution that upend the Salvadoran political and legal system. The …
Congress of El Salvador approves controversial changes to constitutional reform process8 May 2024
El Salvador’s Congress, which is controlled by President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party, on Monday approved a change to an article of the Constitution to facili…