America El Salvador The first 2.000 inmates have been moved to the country’s newly constructed “mega-prison”, a facility that is now, according to President Nayib Bukele, the official centre piece of the state’s war on gangs
America El Salvador Venezuelan nationals deported by the US have allegedly been tortured and abused in El Salvador high-security prison, despite most having no violent criminal record, according to advocacy groups
America El Salvador Inclusive language has been banned from public schools, as President Bukele frames it as an ideological threat in a broader conservative educational reform amid rising violence against women and criticism from feminist groups
America El Salvador The journalists association of El Salvador has moved its legal status abroad after a new foreign agents law imposed steep taxes and restrictions, intensifying pressure on independent media under Bukele’s increasingly authoritarian government
America El Salvador On El Salvador’s Independence Day, protesters demanded the release of imprisoned human rights activists, accusing President Bukele of leading the country toward authoritarianism