The Alliance for Lawyers at Risk is pleased to announce that the Sir Henry Brooke Award 2026 will be presented at a ceremony in London on 10 March 2026. Attendees will have the privilege of hearing an address from Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, who will...
Operating from exile in Guatemala City, the organization Cristosal reported Thursday that the Salvadoran state has persecuted and imprisoned at least 245 critical voices. These include Ruth López, a human rights activist detained since May 18, 2025, on charges of...
Over the past few decades, Latin America has undergone transformations in its political systems. Yet within the context of authoritarian or hybrid governments, state practices of persecution against those who challenge the exercise or distribution of public power...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has turned his foreign policy into a balancing act between two great powers. In March 2019, before taking office, he traveled to Washington and disparaged China: “They do not play by the rules. They are not a democracy, but they...
Óscar Martínez This is an excerpt from Bukele, el rey al desnudo (Bukele, the Naked King), a seven-chapter profile of Nayib Bukele published by Anagrama. It arrives in Mexican bookstores starting March 25, 2026. DOMINGA.– In early 2024, a single story dominated the...
What drives those who seek to control the State? The answer to this question is broad, complex, and laden with philosophical and ideological weight; above all, it is multifaceted. Some, for instance, pursue public office—that is, the power to govern—specifically to...
