Accused of embezzlement or misappropriation of state funds, human rights defense attorney Ruth López was arrested on the night of May 18 under circumstances her husband, Louis Benavides, describes as unusual. Shortly after the detention, the Office of the Attorney...
The Hidden Toll Independent databases, assembled from family reports and forensic analyses, expose a landscape of systemic abuses and glaring opacity. Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid): Has documented more than 430 deaths under state custody and...
A federal judge’s inquiry to determine which Trump administration officials violated a court order that barred deportation flights to El Salvador is back on after a seven-month pause for appeals. The order, issued in March by Chief U.S. District Judge James E....
Since its 19th-century independence wars from Spain, Latin America has embraced caudillismo: a political system headed by charismatic, personalist leaders unafraid to obtain power by force. The caudillos of the 19th century were military strongmen who challenged...
El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, says it has bought more than $100 million in BTC despite pledging to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to limit public exposure to the asset as part of a loan agreement. According to data from El...
The Government of El Salvador purchased 1,098.19 bitcoins this week, valued at $100 million, amid a drop in the cryptoasset’s price, reaffirming its accumulation strategy as part of its digital reserve policy. With this latest acquisition, the country’s total...
