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.
One more year of Bukele: tough on crime, struggling with poverty
June 1 marked the first year of the second term of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who won the 2024 presidential elections with almost 85% of the votes.
Coloradans organize free buses for mothers to visit loved ones behind bars
Buses will go from Denver to Arkansas Valley Prison in Southern Colorado, an over two hour journey, to help mothers visit their incarcerated children
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.
Death of New York inmate Robert Brooks is the tip of the iceberg of prison brutality
New York State prison guards went on a wildcat strike following some of their own being held accountable for the inmate’s death
Black prisoners organize for dignity in Angola, Louisiana’s modern-day plantation
Louisiana State Penitentiary is nicknamed after the former plantation site that it sits on. Those incarcerated at the prison say the practice of slavery is still alive and well
Biden commutes sentences of roughly 1,500 and pardons 39, as human rights organizations demand death penalty pardons
Biden commutes sentences of roughly 1,500 and pardons 39, but includes no current political prisoners who continue to languish behind bars
Prisoners are setting themselves on fire to draw attention to abuses at a Virginia prison
A string of self-immolations at Red Onion State Prison has drawn attention to the violence of the system of mass incarceration
In the US, voting is a privilege, not a right
People in the US are set to head to the polls soon to decide their next president. But the country has yet to contend with a past and present reality of voter suppression
Advocates fight to stop execution of innocent death row prisoner Marcellus Williams in less than a week
William’s execution is set for September 24 despite DNA evidence proving him innocent, his legal team pledges to keep up the fight
Incarcerated organizers complete eight weeks of Alabama prison shutdown
Prisoners in Alabama have been organizing for years against a prison system which upholds modern day slavery
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
