El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, is on a roll. At home, he enjoys an approval rating of around 83 percent, according to recent polls. His profile is rising abroad, too. Bukele’s follower count on TikTok alone—10.8 million—is much larger than El Salvador’s...
More than 20 international organizations highlighted the negative implications of the Foreign Agents Law (LAEX) in El Salvador, which took effect on June 7. They stated that this regulation is a danger because it seeks to “control and punish human rights...
“The new Foreign Agents Law (LAEX, for its Spanish acronym) threatens the rights and freedoms of civil society organizations and the media,” stated various international civil society organizations, who called on the OAS and UN to condemn the...
Mothers of Colombians detained during the state of exception in El Salvador confirmed to LA PRENSA GRÁFICA that they received photos of their sons at the Santa Ana Preventive and Penalty Compliance Center, better known as the Western Penitentiary, where they are being...
On the night of May 12, 2025, a community decided to break its silence. From the canton of El Triunfo, Santa Tecla, La Libertad, dozens of people walked with banners and hope toward the vicinity of the Residencial Los Sueños, where President Nayib Bukele resides. They...
From March 1 to May 31, 2025, at least 38 people died under circumstances that were not clarified by authorities, nor are they part of an official registry of violent deaths, according to reports from civil society organizations. In that same period, there were 20...
