María J. Vides The march is about to begin when I encounter Carmen again, one of the mothers from the Movement of Victims of the State of Exception (Movir). She does not recognize me. I remind her that we met a year ago outside La Esperanza prison, known as Mariona,...
Ruth Eleonora López—a prominent Salvadoran attorney, activist, and human rights defender internationally recognized for her anti-corruption work and criticism of the Nayib Bukele administration—marked her 250th day in detention last Thursday, January 22. Former head...
The Salvadoran justice system, under the control of President Nayib Bukele, has launched a series of mass trials against more than 80,000 people detained since the implementation of the state of exception in March 2022. This Friday, a San Salvador court initiated the...
The X account (formerly Twitter) Desaparecidos S.O.S El Salvador has reported at least eight deceased individuals found at various locations across the country during January 2026. One of the first cases was reported on January 5, when a body was discovered in a...
On January 21, roughly one hundred workers fired from the Rosales National Hospital gathered outside the Legislative Assembly to demand their severance pay after being terminated on December 23, 2025. A delegation of the dismissed workers entered the legislative...
Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and from their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador president’s war on gangs. The hunger for a more...
