On the night of July 31, as El Salvador marked Journalist Day amid a climate of systematic harassment and exile for reporters critical of Nayib Bukele, his loyal Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment granting the popular leader his ultimate...
The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas...
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional reform on Thursday that paves the way for indefinite reelection of the president of the Republic and lengthens the presidential term from five to six years. The amendment was spearheaded by the ruling...
El Salvador’s ruling party has greenlit a contentious measure. By an overwhelming majority, the Central American nation’s Legislative Assembly endorsed a sweeping constitutional overhaul on Thursday that paves the way for indefinite presidential...
El Salvador’s Congress, dominated by the ruling party, approved a constitutional reform late Thursday night to permit indefinite presidential reelection, paving the way for Nayib Bukele, who is currently serving his second term, to remain in power. In an...
On Thursday, Juanita Goebertus, director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), stated that the party of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Nuevas Ideas (NI), “is treading the same path as Venezuela” by spearheading a lightning-fast...
