Representatives of the Water Forum and the Reverdes Movement—organizations dedicated to defending environmental rights—publicly denounced being victims of police harassment. According to their statements, the harassment intensified starting on May 30, the date on...
President Nayib Bukele reported on his X account that around 1,500 soldiers and 500 police officers were deployed in a military cordon in San Bartolo, Ilopango, where some gang members have attempted to return and reorganize. According to the president, this was...
The teacher sells piñatas, cakes, floral arrangements, and smoothies (all of which she makes herself), as well as vegetables, because the pension she receives after 37 years of teaching basic education is insufficient to cover her financial commitments, including a...
Dear Public Opinion Polling Professionals: You are all already familiar with and have likely discussed this slide from the recent UCA poll: 48.3% say that “anyone who expresses a critical opinion about the government and the president would be detained or imprisoned.”...
Warnings of an “authoritarian escalation,” the detention of human rights activists, and the imprisonment of hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the United States who face no criminal proceedings in El Salvador, mark the first year of President Nayib...
Following the lead of the Trump administration, at least two Latin American governments are discussing sending detainees to El Salvador’s notorious prison system. Weeks after the Trump administration deported hundreds of migrants to El Salvador in March, Ecuadorian...
