Elections are a necessary but not sufficient condition for a democratic order. It is rare for an ascent to power not to occur via the electoral path, even if through duplicitous means. Likewise, a free and honest popular vote periodically confirms those who wield...
María Inés Dávila and Rafael Paz Narváez, of the Movimiento Universitario de Pensamiento Crítico, asserted on Friday, September 5, in a radio interview on YSUCA, that there is criminalization and stigmatization of human rights defenders and that, to date, 71 people...
A group of men in blue rose in the middle of a hall awash in LED lights and screens. They were the only uniformed attendees inside the luxurious Complejo Salamanca in Nuevo Cuscatlán, a room otherwise filled with men in suits and foreign guests in evening wear. The...
For four decades El Salvador was known for death squads and civil war, and then for gang violence. But now, under President Nayib Bukele, the gangs that carved up the country have been routed. The members of the pandillas – the two main gangs were Mara...
Catalino Miranda, a former public transport businessman, is gravely ill, according to medical and judicial reports obtained by Revista Elementos. His relatives, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, stated that they were notified by the Zacamil National Hospital,...
The human rights organization Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (Foundation for Studies in the Application of Law, Fespad) announced on Thursday it is shutting down its operations in El Salvador after nearly 37 years, due to the “legal...
