A youth gets his hair cut at a barbershop to adhere to public school rules for hair in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. MEXICO CITY — A clean uniform. Approved haircuts only. Saying ...

Salvadorans who mistrust their military have another reason for suspicion: The army is inadvertently training its enemy in record numbers. A new defense ministry report reveals that El Salvador’s ...

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Oscar Melara, the director of a technical school in El Salvador, stations himself at the front gate every day to inspect dress code compliance as students file in. Melara ...

A group of Salvadoran military officers, including a former defense minister, will be put on trial for the massacre of nearly one thousand civilians in 1981, carried out as part of a state offensive ...

Public schools across El Salvador have started enforcing strict new discipline rules that mandate military-style haircuts, perfect uniforms, and respectful greetings for teachers. Some teachers' ...

El Salvador's new education minister Karla Trigueros -- a military officer with a flair for camouflage -- ordered the country's public schools on Monday to mandate "clean uniforms" and "appropriate ...

MEXICO CITY — A clean uniform. Approved haircuts only. Saying hello when entering the classroom, and goodbye when leaving it. Reciting the national prayer to the flag. Students are now required to ...