Before midnight on May 27, the machines entered El Espino. Diana, a resident of the estate, heard the noise from her house. There was no prior announcement or official government statement warning that the clearing would begin that day. Only the sound of engines...
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the U.S. government to intercede for the “immediate” release of Salvadoran attorney Ruth López, detained a year ago after denouncing human rights violations and alleged corruption by Nayib Bukele’s...
One year after the arrest of constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya, the Committee of Relatives of Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persons of El Salvador (COFAPPES) held a mass for his release and reiterated the call for his case to be resolved with judicial...
Blaming the environmental crisis on underdevelopment, as the presidential X account does, is an error of judgment that only makes things worse. Development alone offers no solution. Yet the presidential X account is betting on it to obtain the billions of dollars it...
On April 2, a citizen questioned Ibrajim Bukele, the president’s brother, on the social media platform X about the more than 500 people who have died in state custody under the state of exception that has been in effect for four years — a figure documented by...
Nine members of the U.S. Congress, including Representative James McGovern and Senator Chris Van Hollen, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio requesting that the U.S. government intercede for the release of Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, head of...
