The Chaguantique Protected Natural Area, in Usulután, stands as one of the final strongholds for the nation’s remaining spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). It represents a remnant of the vast forests that once blanketed El Salvador’s coastal plain, forests...
The Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE) and the Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, PDDH): two examples of political parasites in El Salvador. 1. The Tribunal Supremo Electoral of El...
The Legislative Assembly, dominated by Bukele’s party, reelected Raquel Caballero de Guevara as head of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) for the 2025-2028 term, despite accusations of her silence in the face of reports of human rights violations...
Sometimes there is no choice but to be explicit and write cruel words. And to utter the obscenities: torture, beating, corpse. Over the past month, I was part of the El Faro team that scrutinized, again and again, the 27 testimonies from survivors of the prisons under...
Mario Antonio Tenise Berry, a 43-year-old Nicaraguan national, was arrested by the police and accused of the femicide of his partner, a Salvadoran woman identified as 27-year-old Ana Yamileth Cabrera. Authorities report that the young woman’s body was discovered...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has decided to examine the complaint filed by Cristosal regarding the arbitrary dismissal and transfer of judges in El Salvador—a measure that, according to the organization, undermined judicial independence and...
