The mirage of security: the dangerous Bukele model
The “Bukele model” has managed to politically seduce large majorities in Latin America to the point of making them prefer extreme authoritarianism in exchange for supposed public safety.
El espejismo de la seguridad: el peligroso modelo Bukele
El «modelo Bukele» ha logrado seducir políticamente a grandes mayorías en América Latina, hasta el punto de hacerles preferir un autoritarismo extremo a cambio de una supuesta seguridad pública.
Bukele escalates crackdown on independent media after documentary exposes his alleged gang deals
The government’s latest offensive came after the release of a documentary co-produced by PBS that allegedly exposes the deals Bukele is said to have struck with El Salvador’s most powerful gangs.
Attacked and kidnapped at sea, Ecuadorian fishermen allege US involvement
Several fishermen told the newspaper Primicias that they had been attacked, kidnapped, and taken to El Salvador by US ships. The families of several missing fishermen fear that this may have been the fate of their loved ones.
Labor rights in dispute: neoliberalism vs progressive reform in Latin America
The state of labor rights in Latin America and the Caribbean is in flux. While some countries are seeing significant advances, others are suffering major setbacks.
Day of the Salvadoran Trade Unionist: how El Salvador’s labor martyrs shaped a revolutionary tradition
The October 31 commemoration links past revolutionary struggles with today’s fight for labor rights and democracy.
Maduro gov’t negotiates return of 252 Venezuelans detained by US in El Salvador
Following a months-long campaign demanding their release, the Venezuelan men arrived Friday in Venezuela from El Salvador.
“Fire up the deportation planes”: Trump admin celebrates Supreme Court ruling enabling Trump to deport migrants to countries not their own
Immigrant rights organizer says Trump administration is wielding yet “another attack on human rights”
Arrest of leading Salvadoran human rights defender Ruth López sparks mass outrage
The arrest came after Bukele proposed a Foreign Agents Law to tax NGOs operating in El Salvador.
CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”
The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy.
Outrage grows over mistaken deportation of Maryland resident to Salvadoran prison
US Supreme Court intervenes in favor of Trump administration, pausing an order to return Maryland father to US from El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison
Venezuelan families demand justice for their relatives deported to El Salvador
The Venezuelan government has initiated all possible steps (political and legal) to achieve the return of its citizens. A US judge claimed “Nazis got better treatment” than the Venezuelans accused of gang activity.
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