Over the past few decades, Latin America has undergone transformations in its political systems. Yet within the context of authoritarian or hybrid governments, state practices of persecution against those who challenge the exercise or distribution of public power...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has turned his foreign policy into a balancing act between two great powers. In March 2019, before taking office, he traveled to Washington and disparaged China: “They do not play by the rules. They are not a democracy, but they...
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...
