Two centuries after the speech that inaugurated the United States’ policy toward the region, five Democratic lawmakers call for an end to the Cuban embargo and the declassification of secret CIA files, as well as reforms to the IMF and the OAS
On the occasion of her participation in the National Summit of Elected Women of Colombia, organized by U.N. Women, the former president of Chile talks about what it is like to be a woman in politics, the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza and the authoritarian drift in Latin America
The leader has been granted leave for six months so that he can begin campaigning for the February 4 elections
Human rights organization Cristosal tallied 153 incarceration deaths during the first year of the state of emergency. No victim had yet been convicted, the group said
People who have suffered attacks because of their sexual or gender identity and were welcomed in Mexico see their stories reflected in the exhibition ‘Doors of Hope’
Today, bananas have lost their capacity for extortion in favor of agroindustries and open-pit mining concessions, but above all drug trafficking
The winner is a 23-year-old communicologist and says she wants to work to promote mental health after suffering debilitating bouts of anxiety herself
Why bother with democracy when (according to the propaganda machine) all a country like El Salvador needs is the ‘right’ leadership?
Friday’s Board of Governors should ensure a transparent and fair selection process to appoint a leader capable of restoring confidence and transparency to the bank
Almost half of countries have suffered setbacks in the democratic process in the last five years, according to the IDEA organization, which however highlights growing citizen participation
The Salvadoran leader is seeking a second term in office, despite the fact that it is expressly prohibited by the Constitution of the Central American country
Mexico’s president convenes 12 nations for talks on debt reduction and regional cooperation on trade, security and employment
Dozens of activists have been arrested and accused of being gang members in El Salvador, in what social organizations say is a politically motivated campaign
The Austrian lawyer responds to the controversial statements of the British Minister Suella Braverman saying that human rights ‘are not a luxury,’ and argues that Russia is the main responsible for the crimes committed in Ukraine
Ten months ago, President Xiomara Castro decreed a state of emergency, inspired by neighboring El Salvador’s security policy. Since then, murders have decreased… but the control of gangs and drug-trafficking groups persists. Reports of torture are also growing in Honduran prisons, which are now administered by the military
It is estimated that the country’s reserves of the cryptocurrency have lost 37% of their value. The government has granted Bitfinix — a company fined in the U.S. — its first license for digital assets, such as equities and bonds
President Nayib Bukele’s government has opened a hotline for people to report gang ‘collaborators.’ Many Salvadorans have taken advantage of that resource to settle personal vendettas with their neighbors
The Salvadoran president’s strategy for dealing with gangs has eroded democratic freedoms and rights, but is also tantalizing for many politicians
Although the government links all detentions to the country’s gangs, human rights organizations have reported 5,490 ‘direct victims’ from outside the sphere of criminal structures
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s popularity shows that Latin American governments are falling short. They should redouble their efforts to provide rights-respecting strategies to tackle the root causes of much criminality
The country’s president warned there will be no let-up on his war on criminal groups as a massive security deployment aims to cut off the province of Cabañas
The president of the Central American country has imposed a ‘state of exception,’ which gives him unprecedented powers. He has removed citizens’ rights, imposed censorship and consolidated an authoritarian system. Bukele argues that these measures are necessary to put an end to rampant violence
The change formalizes a practice that the Salvadoran justice system had already been carrying out. Critics warn that the move violates people’s right to a fair trial
The maximum security mega-complex will be located in a Caribbean archipelago. ‘The idea is for criminals to lose touch with everything,’ says the government
The State Department warns that it ‘will consider all available tools to deter and disrupt anti-democratic activity’ in Central American countries
The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch regrets that the final declaration of the EU-CELAC summit does not openly condemn the region’s authoritarian regimes
Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali, have proposed building prisons inspired by Nayib Bukele’s crusade against crime
