What drives those who seek to control the State? The answer to this question is broad, complex, and laden with philosophical and ideological weight; above all, it is multifaceted. Some, for instance, pursue public office—that is, the power to govern—specifically to...
Spain granted political asylum to Salvadoran lawyers Ivania Cruz and Rudy Joya, spokespersons for the Unidad de Defensa de Derechos Humanos y Comunitarios de El Salvador (Unit for the Defense of Human and Community Rights of El Salvador, Unidehc), who, according to...
Ramiro Navas, former organizational director of the political party Nuestro Tiempo, announced Wednesday that Spain’s Ministry of the Interior formally notified him of his international protection and political asylum status. “Today I was notified by the...
Just days before the commemoration of International Women’s Day, social organizations brought El Salvador’s international commitments on women’s rights to the forefront. The country is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) received a report detailing inmate deaths under El Salvador’s state of exception, submitted by the organization Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid, SJH) on March 2, 2026. Entitled “Crimes Against...
The future was pitched as utopia: Adopting Bitcoin would catapult El Salvador into a techno-libertarian paradise, banking the unbanked, attracting global innovators and financing futuristic projects, from a popular digital wallet to smart cities and Volcano bonds....
