The Bukele model and the high cost of our peace of mind
Catalina Gil Pinzón|
Does feeling safer inevitably imply giving up human rights and civil liberties?
The rampant abuse in El Salvador’s prisons: ‘They beat him to death in the cell and dragged him out like an animal’
Two former inmates talk to EL PAÍS about the terrors they saw while imprisoned in the country’s jails, which are at breaking point due to Bukele’s controversial crackdown on gangs
War on gangs forges new El Salvador, but the price is steep
AP|
One year ago, President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs, leading to the arrest of more than 65,000 people
Nayib Bukele replaces Uribe as inspiration for the right in Colombia
Right-wing politicians like María Fernanda Cabal admire the president of El Salvador, while leftist president Gustavo Petro sees him as a foe
Nayib Bukele’s permanent state of emergency
The Salvadoran president’s fierce war on gangs has quelled rampant violence and gained him unprecedented popularity while exacting a heavy toll on rights and freedoms
Bukele intensifies war on gangs: 2,000 more inmates transferred to ‘biggest prison in all America’
The prison transfer came the same day El Salvador’s congress voted to approve yet another extension of emergency rules that allow police to round up suspected members of street gangs
The toxic power of Nayib Bukele
The technocrat president of El Salvador has transformed into an authoritarian despot with no regard for the rule of law and human rights
Nayib Bukele and his strongman myth
Shortly after the US government accused his administration of negotiating with gangs, El Salvador’s president made a political calculation and responded with a heavy hand
Bukele shows off thousands of imprisoned gang members in new mega prison
The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison built as part of his controversial security strategy, where they will not be able to do ‘any more harm to the population’
Leaked database reveals prison abuses under El Salvador’s state of emergency
The records, to which Human Rights Watch has had access, have exposed overcrowding, deaths in custody and the detention of over 1,000 minors including children as young as 12
The toll of El Salvador’s gang crackdown: ‘Police and soldiers have absolute power’
Bryan Avelar|San Salvador|
The Mara Salvatrucha, the largest and most dangerous criminal structure in the country, is losing ground thanks to President Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency. But at what cost?
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele to deploy police and military to ‘extract’ gang members
The move marks an escalation of the president’s controversial crackdown on criminal organizations, which has been widely condemned by human rights groups
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