Political imprisonment in Latin America remains one of the gravest consequences of the ongoing democratic deterioration in several countries. Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela top the list with the highest number of documented political prisoners. Nicaragua currently has...
The Legislative Assembly, dominated by Bukele’s party, reelected Raquel Caballero de Guevara as head of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) for the 2025-2028 term, despite accusations of her silence in the face of reports of human rights violations...
Sometimes there is no choice but to be explicit and write cruel words. And to utter the obscenities: torture, beating, corpse. Over the past month, I was part of the El Faro team that scrutinized, again and again, the 27 testimonies from survivors of the prisons under...
The Government of El Salvador must deliver to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) an actuarial study that will serve as the foundation for the forthcoming pension reform. However, as of late September, the government was “finalizing the study” and there was still no...
On October 8, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the European Union’s political strategies for Latin America, in which it expresses concern over the “erosion of democratic principles” in El Salvador. El Parlamento Europeo adoptó una...
Donald Trump is not known for taking advice, especially from foreign leaders who often seek to flatter and compliment the US president. But El Salvador’s authoritarian leader Nayib Bukele has followed a different tack by calling on the Trump administration to follow...
