In summary: El Salvador’s Congress approved a foreign agents law that establishes a 30% tax on donations to non-governmental organizations. The main difference between the Nicaraguan and Salvadoran laws is that the latter establishes a tax and high economic...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requested additional information before deciding whether to grant precautionary measures to Salvadoran lawyer and human rights defender Alejandro Henríquez, as confirmed to VOCES by Andrés Alcalá, the Mexican...
With the votes of 57 lawmakers from the Nuevas Ideas party and other pro-government allies, the Legislative Assembly approved the Foreign Agents Law on Tuesday, May 20. The three opposition legislators voted against the regulation, which was approved via a fast-track...
Marta arrived, as usual, to drop off a package of food and personal hygiene products for her son Carlos, who was arrested in April 2022 under the state of exception and is being held at La Esperanza Penitentiary Center, known as Mariona. That day, she received the...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has never concealed his autocratic tendencies. He had already unabashedly referred to himself as the world’s coolest dictator, but since enjoying the firm embrace of U.S. President Donald Trump, Bukele has grown emboldened. In recent...
Salvadoran leader Nayib Bukele owes his support in Washington to a controversial agreement to hold hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the U.S. in a notorious prison – and to a reputation for having broken the back of the MS-13 gang. “We are not going to...
