Bukele’s Bitcoin Mess and the U.S.-Backed Bank That Enabled It — El desastre del Bitcoin de Bukele y el banco respaldado por Estados Unidos que lo permitió

12/04/2023

One September morning three years ago, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations grilled Julie Chung, a deputy assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs in the State Department, about what the Trump administration was doing to counter China’s rising...

Who is Claudia Juana Rodríguez, the treasurer of the Bukele family who assumed the presidency of El Salvador for six months? — ¿Quién es Claudia Juana Rodríguez, la tesorera de la familia Bukele que asumió como presidenta de El Salvador por seis meses?

12/02/2023

Claudia Juana Rodríguez de Guevara has been by the Bukeles’ side for years. Even before Nayib, the eldest son of Armando Bukele and Olga Ortez, embarked on the path that led him to the presidency of El Salvador, this accountant already had close ties to the...

Claudia Juana Rodríguez illegally replaces Bukele in the last six months of his presidency — Claudia Juana Rodríguez sustituye ilegalmente a Bukele en los últimos seis meses de su presidencia

12/02/2023

Nayib Bukele left the presidency in the hands of his private secretary, Claudia Juana Rodríguez de Guevara, who has been his trusted employee to the point of managing the finances of the Bukele family’s company, Obermet S.A de C.V., the Presidential House, the...

Noah Bullock: “Bukele: The End of Gangs (and Human Rights)” — Noah Bullock:“Bukele: el fin de las pandillas (y los derechos humanos)”

12/01/2023

The state of emergency by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which aims to eradicate crime in the country, is actually undermining human rights, declares Noah Bullock, president of the NGO Cristosal. The NGO Cristosal published a report on Tuesday, November 28, 2023,...

Bukele emulates Ortega: Over 70 social organizations harassed by the State in four years — Bukele emula a Ortega: más de 70 organizaciones sociales acosadas por el Estado en cuatro años

11/30/2023

A report prepared by the NGO Cristosal reveals that 71 organizations working in the defense of human rights in 11 departments of the country have suffered “systematic” attacks against their collectives and individuals since 2019, when Bukele came to power....

El Salvador Frees ‘Terrorist’ Johana Flores — El Estado salvadoreño liberó a la ‘terrorista’ Johana Flores

11/29/2023

Johana, a 24-year-old woman, was released from prison on November 22, after 309 days completely disconnected from her family and the outside world. The release came four weeks after InSight Crime published an investigation demonstrating that neither she nor her family...