Prisons across Latin America were already bursting at the seams when the “Bukele security model,” characterized by a state of exception that has led to unprecedented numbers of detentions and mass incarceration, began to be embraced by other politicians who have...
While FIFA commits to respecting human rights, combating corruption, and maintaining political neutrality, the de facto power is pushing Salvadoran football in the opposite direction. From chronic crisis to the abyss. Of course, this progress within FIFA is not...
Set off the main road through San Isidro, El Salvador, an old gate sits locked by a chain. Across its rusted metal wire mesh are emblazoned the words: “Private property, entry forbidden.” A bus stop outside is covered with faded black and yellow posters. Though...
An investigation published by The Washington Post reveals that Elmer Canales Rivera, alias Crook, one of the foundational leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), offered U.S. authorities recordings, photographs, and documents that would implicate Nayib Bukele’s...
Venezuelans who were forcibly deported to a terrorist prison in El Salvador earlier this year have now formally accused ICE officers of beating them to make them get off the airplane. In court declarations last week, four migrants recounted their deportation journey...
The Coordinadora Nacional por la Defensa de la Salud de la Población Salvadoreña (National Coordinator for the Defense of the Salvadoran Population’s Health, CONADESA), composed of more than 50 health sector unions, citizen networks, university groups, and...
