El Salvador

December 16, 2024
Amy Fallas

In the heat of parallel struggles against imperial oppression, one of the most prominent historical ideologues of El Salvador’s revolutionary movement played a key role in forging solidarity with the Middle East.

October 22, 2024
CISPES

Mientras siguen acumulándose las violaciones de derechos humanos bajo el estado en El Salvador, un grupo bipartidista de legisladores estadounidenses intenta encubrir los abusos.

September 10, 2024
CISPES

As human rights violations under El Salvador’s more than two-year-long state of exception continue to mount, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers seeks to whitewash the abuses.

June 27, 2024
Nelson de Witt/Roberto Coto

A transnational adoptee born in El Salvador and raised in the United States shared his journey to uncovering his family's truth and finding his voice as a desaparecido.

June 25, 2024
Yaneth Martínez, Ana Julia Escalante, Jaime López, Pablo Benítez y Jorge E. Cuéllar

La detención arbitraria en el contexto de una mano dura severa en El Salvador evoca la memoria dolorosa de la desaparición forzada. Defensores de derechos humanos y activistas conectan los puntos del pasado y el presente.

June 4, 2024
Nathan Rossi

For transnational adoptees wrenched from El Salvador and Guatemala in the throes of civil war, storytelling and art are powerful tools for navigating identity, dislocation, haunting, and healing.

April 19, 2024
Giada Ferrucci and Pedro Cabezas

The Bukele administration’s case against five community leaders, environmental activists, and former FMLN members sparks international outcry.

April 2, 2024
Lucrecia Molinari

Aprovechando los resultados de su “guerra contra las pandillas”, el presidente de El Salvador desafió la constitución y logró le reelección. A lo largo de la región, su modelo represivo inspira a ultraderechistas.

February 7, 2024
Michael Fox

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has been reelected in a landslide. Supporters praise his security gains despite widespread human rights abuses, and leaders across the region are looking to emulate his model.

January 23, 2024
Michael Fox

Broadcasting the Salvadoran government's atrocities throughout the armed conflict, the guerrilla radio station Venceremos had a clear goal: bringing down the U.S.-backed dictatorship.

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