Every time a writer—or an aspiring one—a sociologist, an academic, a forgotten former ambassador, or a philosopher chooses to defend an authoritarian regime, authoritarianism gains more than just a voice: it acquires a disguise. And there is something particularly...
Salvadoran environmentalists have warned that the deforestation of land on the El Espino estate for the construction of the new Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones (International Center for Fairs and Conventions, CIFCO) will heighten the territory’s...
The executive director of Cristosal—the human rights organization that last week announced it is going into exile—expands on the reasons behind its decision to cease operations in El Salvador. The administration of Nayib Bukele and his brothers, says Noah Bullock, has...
Official police documents cite a complaint received via text message that points to students from the Instituto Nacional Técnico Industrial (INTI). The text reads as follows: “Hello, I want to report these students from INTI who always come to demand student IDs...
Since March 2022, El Salvador has lived under a continuous state of emergency in which fundamental constitutional rights have been suspended as part of President Nayib Bukele’s so-called war on gangs. In that time, detentions have surged: Nearly 2 percent of the adult...
El Salvador ranks among the countries facing acute food stress according to the United Nations (UN), prompting community and social organizations to sound the alarm on the urgent need to rethink the development model and bolster domestic food production. On Monday,...
