Recently, El Faro published a series of interviews with two former gang leaders. Everything they said escalated in levels of horror, but of all that was recounted, this, said by Liro, is what filled me with a pain — not someone else’s, but collective: “It was...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) presented its 2024 annual follow-up report, which established that the Salvadoran state still has not fully complied with the human rights recommendations made after its visit to the country in 2019 and the...
The first World Congress on Forced Disappearances, held in Geneva in January 2025, has placed El Salvador in the international spotlight by denouncing serious setbacks in victim support and search mechanisms. United Nations experts, victim organizations, human rights...
Allegations of human rights violations under the state of exception have gained international attention. Last Tuesday, a coalition of political parties asked the Spanish Congress to demand a statement from Pedro Sánchez’s government regarding alleged human...
MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENT Donald Trump and foreign leaders can be tense or bruising affairs. But when Trump invited Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to the White House in April, it was all smiles as they joked about mass incarceration. “Sometimes they say that we...
Things took a wrong turn for Bukele after his visit to Trump. The prison business aroused detrimental curiosity for his reputation. Several U.S. members of Congress visited the country to verify the “penitentiary lodging service.” The harsh criticism from the visitors...
