Spain granted political asylum to Salvadoran lawyers Ivania Cruz and Rudy Joya, spokespersons for the Unidad de Defensa de Derechos Humanos y Comunitarios de El Salvador (Unit for the Defense of Human and Community Rights of El Salvador, Unidehc), who, according to...
Ramiro Navas, former organizational director of the political party Nuestro Tiempo, announced Wednesday that Spain’s Ministry of the Interior formally notified him of his international protection and political asylum status. “Today I was notified by the...
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...
German lawmakers Gökay Akbulut and Max Lucks, members of the Federal Parliament, on Tuesday demanded the release of Salvadoran activist Ruth López, along with other individuals who—they denounced—have been unjustly detained under the state of exception in force in El...
Last weekend, human rights organizations reported the deaths of two inmates held at the Izalco Penal Center in Sonsonate. Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid) confirmed that, as of February 8, it had documented the deaths of at least 487 prisoners...
