No great power has any need for an underdeveloped, dependent country—least of all one dependent on that very power. Humanity has witnessed the formation and evolution of different states shaped by, among other factors, coercion and capital, as Professor Charles Tilly...
A report on deaths documented by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid) of people imprisoned in the custody of state security agents since March 2022—when El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, implemented...
On August 7, the Oficina Nacional del Bitcóin (National Bitcoin Office) announced on its official X account, in English, that “Bitcoin banks are coming to Bitcoin country,” without providing further details about the creation of a possible bank to manage this...
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) condemns in the strongest terms the constitutional reforms approved by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on July 31, 2025. These reforms eliminate limits on presidential reelection, extend the presidential term, and...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its concern over the constitutional reform that alters the length of the presidential term and allows for indefinite re-election to the office, among other aspects. The IACHR considers that the measure,...
Vladimir Antonio Arévalo Chávez, alias “Vampiro de Monserrat” and one of the leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) in U.S. custody, has sent a letter to Judge Joan M. Azrack insisting that his life would be in danger if he were deported to a prison in El...
