Carlos Dada is one of the most respected Latin American journalists worldwide, but he can’t practice journalism in his own country. Founder and editor-in-chief of the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro, Dada now lives in exile. Harassment by President Nayib Bukele...
César Villalona Economist When Bukele was campaigning for the 2019 elections, he said there is enough money when no one steals. That means if a government has enough revenue from taxes, it should not need to borrow heavily — because if it does, then the money is...
On September 11, 2022, outside the multifamily apartment buildings in the Colonia IVU neighborhood of San Salvador, the police captured María Beatriz Solís López and her mother, Ana Cecilia López Benavides, charging them with illicit association due to their alleged...
Despite the squandering of millions to dismantle democracy, the Salvadoran people have reached the stage of identifying their allies from 2026 onward—a task for their civil society organizations, both inside and outside the country, and their citizen diplomacy. Those...
Real estate in San Salvador’s Historic Center is highly coveted, and the presidential family has steadily expanded its portfolio. Over the past five months, Karim and Yusef Bukele, brothers and advisors to the president of El Salvador, acquired three new...
Since his first election as president of the Republic of El Salvador in June 2019, and his unconstitutional second election, Nayib Bukele has exhibited authoritarianism and autocracy, ultimately transforming El Salvador into a regime with glaring dictatorial traits....
