MADRID (AP) — More than 1,000 migrants from sub-Saharan countries arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in 18 boats over the past three days, Spain’s marine rescue service said Monday. A body was found in one of the boats. The archipelago off northwest Africa has seen a surge in migrant arrivals in recent weeks as more people from West Africa attempt …
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El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savoring what appears to be a landslide reelection victory, and is railing against his international critics and the press. The populist leader has declared himself a harbinger of democracy, not the case study for 21st century autocracy that some fear. Bukele told thousands of cheering supporters Sunday night …
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