The Unit for the Defense of Human and Community Rights (UNIDEHC) issued a statement questioning the course of the judicial process against leaders of the Alianza Nacional El Salvador en Paz (ANEP) and denouncing alleged delays in the investigations keeping several of...
“Whitewashed tombs” is an expression found in the Bible, a metaphor used in the Gospel to rebuke hypocrisy, lies, and double-speak. A ruling or sentence handed down in imposing courthouses and adorned with legal flourishes serves no purpose when it harbors...
A year and a half after the Government of El Salvador reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that allowed it to access a $1.4 billion loan from the organization, as well as other financing from various multilateral institutions, the...
The Legislative Assembly has authorized or approved loans, securities, and debt guarantees totaling $1,456 million, from January 1 to June 10. The largest amounts were $501.2 million for the “Accelerate Learning” program granted by the World Bank, which...
While the Salvadoran government promotes beaches, volcanoes, and safe streets in gentrified neighborhoods, thousands of families denounce arbitrary detentions and seek justice for relatives imprisoned under Nayib Bukele’s extended state of exception. The contrast is...
Rome took control of Judea in 63 B.C., when General Pompey conquered Jerusalem. By the time Jesus began his ministry, Judea had already spent some 89 years under Roman imperial rule, which permeated virtually every aspect of life in the Mediterranean world....
