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In The News democracy

Smiling Strongman Forever? Bukele Scraps Term Limits In El Salvador

by El Espectador August 6, 2025August 6, 2025

Photo of inmates at the maximum-security penal institution CECOT in El Salvador.

In The News donald trump

How Trump And Bukele Colluded To Cut Deals With Mara Gangsters

by El Espectador July 7, 2025July 7, 2025

Economy democracy

Clean Streets, Empty Stalls: Street Vendors Pay The Price Of Peace In El Salvador

by Carmen Valeria Escobar June 27, 2025December 20, 2025

A large open prison is seen from a catwalk overlooking a main central area with barred-in sections. Men in riot gear are clumped around the room.

Women Worldwide human rights

What Makes El Salvador’s Brutal Prisons Even Worse For Women Inmates

by Luisa Lara April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

Photo inside the maximum-security CECOT prison in El Salvador

Women Worldwide human rights

Why El Salvador’s Notorious Prisons Are Even Worse For Female Inmates

by Luisa Lara March 30, 2025May 24, 2025

Man holding his hand on his chest, Dec. 5, 2024.

Women Worldwide parenting

#NotAllMen, Symptoms Of Male Defensiveness In The Feminist Era

by Ignacio Pereyra December 8, 2024February 12, 2026

Nessa Sosa standing in a bar during a soccer game.

LGBTQ Plus el salvador

Nessa Sosa: From Social Exclusion To El Salvador’s First Trans Model

by Stanley Luna October 8, 2024May 24, 2025

A shirt displaying President Nayib Bukele seen at a street market. The Bukele administration has ended its fourth year in office ahead of a questioned reelection bid.

Geopolitics ukraine

Russia-Latin America: Is El Salvador’s “Cool” Strongman Cozying Up To Putin?

by Luis Eduardo Gutiérrez July 1, 2024May 24, 2025

A woman wears a T-shirt in support of the right to abortion during a rally on International Women's Day.

Society public health

The Dark State Of Abortion Rights In El Salvador, And First Signs Of Light

by Alidad Vassigh March 9, 2024May 24, 2025

100 days of resistance

Geopolitics corruption

Heat Is On In Central America (It’s Not Just Nicaragua)

by Benjamin Witte August 17, 2018May 20, 2025

Children who disappeared during the war, where are you?

Geopolitics civil war

Searching For El Salvador’s Disappeared Children

by Patrick Randall February 11, 2014May 24, 2025