Statements by Vice President Félix Ulloa in Spain have sparked backlash from human rights organizations and victims’ collectives after he denied that deaths recorded in Salvadoran prisons are linked to the state of exception. The measure, in force since March...
Félix Ulloa, the vice president of Nayib Bukele’s dictatorship, lies. He goes around the world lying — as we would put it in the syntax of El Salvador. Last week, he did it again in Madrid, and this time his falsehoods touched on my country, my profession, and...
Last Saturday, the police arrested Roberto Carlos Hernández Castillo, son of community leader Luis Alonso Hernández, who serves as spokesperson for the Unidad de Defensa de Derechos Humanos y Comunitarios (Human Rights and Community Defense Unit, UNIDEHC). As...
María (a pseudonym) is a 43-year-old retired teacher battling chronic kidney disease. She fears her kidneys will suffer further damage due to the substandard care she receives at the clinics of the Instituto Salvadoreño de Bienestar Magisterial (Salvadoran...
Desolation is the prevailing atmosphere inside the Mercado municipal San Nicolás in the city of San Miguel, where few stalls remain open and foot traffic has dwindled to a trickle. Nearly 60% of the facilities stand empty, according to vendors at the site. Four years...
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador marked three years on Saturday, February 21, without approving any legislation related to women’s rights or gender-based violence prevention. The date marks the day the full chamber approved the final opinion issued by the...
