In the days before the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the president of that country demanded something for himself: the return of nine MS-13 gang leaders in U.S. custody. Secretary of State Marco...
At the time of one arrest, officers shouted questions about the alleged plot; the detainee insisted he knew nothing. The police believed neither him nor the others, because the evidence that drove them came from the accusation of a supposed informant who hours earlier...
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...
