Amnesty International (AI) on Monday (09.11.2026) urged the governments of Haiti and El Salvador to guarantee respect for human rights in light of the deployment of more than 2,000 military personnel from the Central American country in Port-au-Prince to combat armed...
Tom Phillips It has been nearly five years since El Salvador’s authoritarian leader, Nayib Bukele, launched his controversial “war” on gangs – transforming his country’s fortunes and becoming a hard-right beacon for Latin America’s fight against violent crime. Now the...
“We already finished off the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish you off too.” That was the warning that President Nayib Bukele issued to the leaders of Haiti’s criminal groups after four Salvadoran aviation technicians who were part of a...
The spokesperson for the Gang Suppression Force (GSF, for its English acronym), Igor Rugwiza, explained this Saturday, November 7, that the Salvadoran military personnel deployed in Haiti operate under two commands. Through a video posted on social media, Rugwiza...
The lack of public information about the resources used to finance the Salvadoran military operation in Haiti is raising questions. Lawyer Manuel Zometa asked the Government to be transparent about the origin of the funds and the costs associated with the deployment...
The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES) denounced an alleged campaign of defamation and discrediting against journalist and anthropologist Juan Martínez d’Aubuisson, driven, according to the organization, by state media and accounts aligned with the...
