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Travelers Are Sharing the Single Most Unforgettable Meal They’ve Ever Eaten
Every trip seems to have that one meal that stays with you. It might be something discovered by chance at a street stall, a dish tied to local tradition, or a splurge at a once-in-a-lifetime restaurant. Here are 15 meals that travelers still call...

El Salvador urged to release political activists arrested on ‘baseless charges’
International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the “baseless charges” brought against two human rights defenders arrested by El Salvador police in May, and called for their immediate release. José Ángel Pérez, 55,...


El Salvador: Baseless Charges Against Rights Defenders
(Washington, DC) – Police in El Salvador arbitrarily arrested two human rights defenders who were peacefully protesting a mass eviction and have been holding them in pretrial detention since the end of May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today....

UN Tourism Celebrates World Tourism Day 2025 in Melaka, Malaysia
UN Tourism marked World Tourism Day 2025 in Melaka, Malaysia, under the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation,” highlighting the sector’s potential to drive economic growth, cultural exchange, and environmental protection. The global...

“We Will Blow You Out of Existence”, Trump’s Caribbean Spectacle
On 23 September 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those allegedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States with being blown “out of existence”. This statement, taken as a blatant...

What can we learn from the travel trends of world leaders?
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has so far seen the US president travel to foreign lands to sign billion-dollar deals, attend lavish royal welcomes and attempt to forge elusive peace agreements amid conflicts and crises. And on September...

Democrats went to El Salvador for Abrego Garcia, but who visited Iryna Zarutska’s family?
Democrats have routinely championed themselves as advocates of Ukraine, women, refugees, immigrants, and female victims of male violence. Given this activism, one would think an incident that checked all these boxes would have the utmost support...

El Salvador’s Tattoo Dragnet Flipped the Script in War on Gangs
by Royce de Melo Some meters ahead of me on the left side of the street, two soldiers armed with M16 A1/A2 rifles approach a young man. He definitely caught their attention. As the soldiers in El Salvador calmly walk up to him, the man stops and...

El Salvador seeks to deepen ties with Qatar: Envoy
Ashraf Siddiqui Doha El Salvador wants to deepen its ties with Qatar across key sectors such as investment, start-ups, education, innovation, technology and tourism, Ambassador of El Salvador to Qatar HE Milton Eduardo Omana Acevedo has said. In...

El Salvador Mobilized to Remove Invasive Plants from Lake Suchitlán
With mechanical shovels, barges, and by hand, hundreds of soldiers and artisanal fishers are working tirelessly this Friday to remove a floating plant that covers El Salvador’s Lake Suchitlán, in hopes of restoring prosperity to this tourist area....

Daughter of Salvadoran migrants transforms Oak Cliff school into top performing campus
NBC 5 is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing a Dallas ISD (DISD) educator who helped transform a C-rated Oak Cliff High School into a top-performing campus. Stephanie Amaya is DISD’s Secondary Principal of the Year. She is the proud...

El Salvador 2025: Tourism Boom Boosts Hotels, Restaurants, and Global Events
El Salvador is experiencing an unprecedented tourism boom in 2025, driving growth across hotels, restaurants, and tour operators while transforming the country’s international image. According to the Salvadoran Chamber of Tourism (CASATUR), the...

Record Bus Travel Demand in El Salvador Fueled by Tourism Boom.
El Salvador’s growing tourism industry has boosted passenger transport companies, helping them recover market share lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Autobuses Cristóbal Colón reported a 35 to 40 percent increase in users in 2024 compared to...

Can Judicial Resistance Last?
Judge Paula Xinis had reached her limit. She invited the lawyers of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to seek contempt of court sanctions against the Trump Administration. She’d “gotten nothing” from the Administration as far as complying with a court order to...

Your ultimate travel guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup
For a sense of how truly enormous the FIFA World Cup is, consider this statistic. The last Super Bowl was watched by 128 million people, while the last World Cup Final was watched by 1.5 billion people—more than 10 times as many. The World Cup is...

El Salvador Citizens to Benefit from Streamlined Vehicle Entry at Guatemala Border Points.
The Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) announced Thursday that starting Monday, September 16, a new fast-track border crossing system will be implemented at points of entry with El Salvador. The initiative will allow travelers to complete...

Yolocamba I Ta: Songs That Carried Hope Through El Salvador’s Darkest Nights
For fifty years, Yolocamba I Ta has carried guitars into strikes, chapels, refugee halls, and world stages, sowing music where fear tried to silence. Their name, “the joy of the sowing,” has outlasted war, exile, and censorship in El Salvador. A...

El Salvador to Host International Aviation Day 2025, Highlighting Tourism and Connectivity.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that El Salvador will host International Aviation Day on December 9, bringing together global leaders in air transport, tourism, and government to discuss the nation’s growing role in...

Activists Take to San Salvador Streets on Independence Day
As El Salvador celebrated 204 years of Central American independence with military parades, about 1,500 activists filled the downtown streets of San Salvador. They marched to demand the release of political prisoners and people they describe as...