Police in El Salvador arbitrarily arrested two human rights defenders who were peacefully protesting a mass eviction and have been holding them in pretrial detention since the end of May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has reviewed videos and...
In the right direction on Central America, the Trump Administration has issued a directive—a new sanctions instrument—to designate collaborators of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Oddly enough, the first individual sanctioned in April was former Costa Rican...
On June 1, as he began his seventh year in office, Nayib Bukele issued a promise regarding the fate of the nearly 90,000 people imprisoned under the state of emergency: “We are not going to release them now, nor ever,” he said. Two and a half months later, in...
Organized citizens marched on Monday, September 15, to denounce democratic backsliding, the lack of judicial independence, and numerous violations of civic guarantees. The citizen march began at 25 avenida norte, in front of Hospital Rosales and the monument to the...
In the past five years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has become Latin America’s most celebrated authoritarian. He has won plaudits—including from U.S. President Donald Trump—for reducing gang violence and transforming one of the world’s most dangerous countries...
The Second Court of Instruction of Santa Tecla has ruled that José Ángel Pérez and Alejandro Henríquez, environmental defenders detained last May for supporting the peaceful protest of the El Bosque Cooperative, must remain in custody for three more months, prolonging...
