Budget execution figures show that the National Markets Directorate relies mostly on public funds to operate. The National Markets Directorate is currently operating with 18% of the revenue the government had projected to receive when the institution was officially...
Rodolfo Cardenal 12/03/2026 Until now, one of Bukele’s basic principles had been that El Salvador is free, sovereign, and independent. He sold himself, then, as a pure nationalist. In Miami, as is now usual for him, he did the opposite. Trump dictated to him,...
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...
