The communities of Condadillo and Flor de Mangle, in Conchagua, La Unión department, have denounced that since the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pacific Airport construction held on February 25, excavation works have commenced, leading to the devastation of...
A total of 171 organizations requested immediate release via precautionary measures for Fidel Zavala from the Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR). Zavala, who is one of the spokespersons for the Unidad...
The recent proposal by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to house convicted felons from the United States—including U.S. citizens—in the country’s notorious CECOT mega-prison, also known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, raises profound...
Corruption remains a major problem for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Just look at the results of Transparency International’s 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, released in February. The report notes, “Corruption across the Americans has allowed criminal...
When public power stops being democratic, sultans and tyrants emerge, along with the cult of personality: the veneration for an individual, a family, or a group imposed upon the rest of the community. This is the fetish of hegemony—the mental, ideological, and...
In January 2025 alone, the Chivo Pets veterinary hospital spent an amount equal to what it should have used across two and a half months. This expenditure makes its spending greater than the budgets of 26 out of the 32 national hospitals that make up the public health...
