The love song to the diaspora has false notes. On the eve of the 2027 elections, Bukele ordered that it be granted legislative representation. The justification is a declaration of love. He granted it six seats in recognition of the diaspora’s...
The last time Mirna Urías saw her son Merlon, he was 18 years old, wearing black shorts and a brown shirt. It was the night of March 30, 2022. She remembers seeing him kneeling alongside three friends while a group of police officers stood guard over them with rifles....
López, 48, heads the Anti-Corruption Unit at Cristosal, one of Central America’s leading human rights organizations. She has investigated alleged corruption by senior officials in the administration of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and denounced serious human...
The former head of anti-corruption for the NGO Cristosal, lawyer Ruth López, who has denounced abuses by the Bukele government, remains in prison one year after being arrested by Salvadoran police. The Attorney General’s Office accuses her of illicit enrichment...
Members of the Committee of Relatives of Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persons of El Salvador (Cofappes) gathered outside the Izalco Penitentiary Farm to protest the detention of Ruth Eleonora López, calling it unjust and arbitrary. López, head of the...
I still remember, as if it were yesterday, the phone call just after ten at night: “They’re taking my mom.” My stomach tied itself in a knot, my throat went dry, and in those seconds of silence so many things flashed through my mind—from warnings of...
