The organizations in the Basque Country that work in El Salvador have met and analyzed the situation, and we believe it is important to share the following information, in which we have tried to summarize what happened last week in the country, our concerns, and our...
El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, has broadened the focus of his authoritarian project and, in doing so, intensified his reaction to criticism. From an all-out war against gangs, the Central American country’s government has shifted to offering its...
El Salvador’s National Civil Police have arrested Ruth Eleonora López, a renowned human rights and anti-corruption attorney who has become one of the nation’s most prominent critics of President Nayib Bukele’s regime. According to representatives from Cristosal,...
Eleonora Alfaro, the mother of Ruth López, an anti-corruption lawyer and human rights defender in El Salvador who was detained Sunday night, on Monday held President Nayib Bukele responsible for the arrest and demanded her release. “I demand Ruth’s freedom...
José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA), true to its commitment to reality, academic excellence, respect for human rights, and democracy, expresses its concern over the arrest of Ruth Eleonora López, a lawyer, a professor at this university, a human rights...
A Republican proposal to tax remittances would deliver an economic blow to some of the US’s poorest neighbors, including a close ally of President Donald Trump. The bill, presented to the US House of Representatives last week, would levy a 5% tax on remittances for...
