At least 10 people with disabilities have died in the custody of the Salvadoran state while detained in prisons under the state of exception, reveals a new report from the NGO Cristosal. The report documents testimonies of human rights violations in the application of...
Berty Manuel Acevedo Parada, one of the lawyers designated by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) to prosecute human rights defender Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro for the crime of illicit enrichment, is the son of Deputy Attorney General Cándida Dolores Parada de...
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...
