Date: Thu, 04/16/2026 – 2:00 PM Location: 1334 Longworth House Office Building Hearing Notice Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on the human rights impact of the ongoing state of exception in El Salvador. In March 2022, following...
President Nayib Bukele has launched another technological experiment in El Salvador. His bet this time is on health. In a national radio and television broadcast on Tuesday, he announced that he will hand over a large part of the management of the public health system...
In 2025, the State Intelligence Agency (OIE) spent $63 million on its operations, a figure 42 times greater than the original budget approved by the Legislative Assembly, which was just $1.5 million, according to the “demonstrative statement of budget execution...
San Salvador (EFE) — The deaths of at least five more people bring the number of fatalities in various prisons in El Salvador to approximately 517 following their detentions under the state of exception, in effect since March 2022 to combat gangs, according to a...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged the states of the Americas to implement comprehensive security policies that move beyond repressive approaches and focus on protecting the fundamental rights of victims affected by organized crime. In a...
Lawmaker Guevara: “Now they come with the new rehash: ‘33,000 detainees were not profiled as gang members.’ And from there they push their usual narrative: that they are innocent, that @nayibbukele’s government arrests people for no reason,...
