Religious leaders from various congregations in El Salvador state that their work among the country’s poorest and most marginalized communities could cost them their freedom, as has been the case since May with Pastor Pérez. Within the Catholic Church, Father Trinidad...
Amid the storm of national and international criticism sparked by the Salvadoran parliament’s decision to approve indefinite reelection — which will allow Nayib Bukele to remain in power — the Donald Trump administration has delivered a resounding endorsement to its...
He has swept away checks and balances. His government has made mass arrests. And his lawmakers just rewrote the Constitution to let him lead indefinitely, raising fears that the man who once jokingly called himself the world’s “coolest dictator” isn’t kidding anymore....
The Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) categorically rejected statements made by El Salvador’s ruling-party lawmakers during the plenary session authorizing the country’s withdrawal from the regional body. In an official communiqué, PARLACEN deplored...
Right-wing lawmaker Marcela Villatoro fast-forwarded to the future to warn Salvadorans of their uncertain fate during the week that altered the nation’s history: “Tonight, democracy in this country has died.” The constitutional reform imposed last week by the...
“Ninety percent of developed countries allow the unlimited re-election of their head of government,” Nayib Bukele wrote on X, implying that El Salvador’s 31 July overhaul—which abolishes term limits, stretches the presidential mandate to six years, and eliminates the...
