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The current “Pax Bukele,” a state of emergency in which constitutional rights have been invalidated, was only made possible by a secret deal between President Nayyib Bukele and some of the country’s most violent gangs, which actively assisted Bukele’s rise. The Grayzone spoke with veteran Salvadorean journalist Walter Raudales about the stunning revelations of Bukele’s covert arrangement with the cartels, and interviewed human rights lawyer Alejandro Diaz about the corruption and cruelty underlying Bukele’s notorious CECOT mega-prison project.

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President Daniel Noboa appears to have stolen Ecuador’s election. He’s now poised to consolidate control of a system that has benefitted cartels and multinational corporations – including his family business – at the expense of average Ecuadorians. And Washington likes what it sees. Watch The Grayzone’s special video report on Noboa’s well-documented ties to transnational drug cartels here. On April 13, 2025, Ecuador’s National Electoral Council proclaimed incumbent President Daniel Noboa the winner of the presidential runoff—a result that his […]

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El presidente Daniel Noboa parece haber robado las elecciones de Ecuador. Ahora se dispone a consolidar el control de un sistema que ha beneficiado a los cárteles y a las corporaciones multinacionales, incluyendo su empresa familiar, a costa del ciudadano común y corriente. Y a Washington le gusta lo que ve. Vea aquí el video especial de The Grayzone sobre los vínculos bien documentados de las empresas de Noboa con los cárteles transnacionales de la droga. El 13 de abril […]

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández transformed his country into a de facto narco state, stealing elections with drug money and stacking state security services with crime lords. A Department of Justice motion against the jailed politico shows the US knew of his shocking crimes all along. Just weeks after the 2014 inauguration of former Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernández, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) learned the country’s new leader was deeply embedded with the country’s mammoth narco trafficking […]

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