The two authoritarian leaders are joining hands to assault human rights and democratic norms.
Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many
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Anti-Immigrant Legislation Doesn’t Serve Anyone But Prison Contractors
The Laken Riley Act is an assault on due process, undermining all of our rights to make for-profit prison CEOs richer.
Resisting Bukele’s Iron Fist
The Salvadoran leader has jailed tens of thousands of innocent people in his “state of exception.”
El Salvador’s Self-Proclaimed Dictator Is On Trial
Nayib Bukele is persecuting water defenders on trumped up charges. In reality, he’s the one on trial.
Salvadoran Civil Society Braces for Five More Years of Bukele
As the self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” begins his unconstitutional second term, activists in the country are calling on the world to pay attention.
Guatemala and El Salvador: Contradictions of International Support
In stark contrast to the international response to defend the democratic process in Guatemala, there is a deafening silence regarding the erosion of democracy and human rights in El Salvador.
El Salvador’s Dangerous Democratic Backslide
The world’s “coolest dictator” is imprisoning innocents at rates not seen since the country’s dictatorship and civil war. Solidarity activists are fighting back.
Is Mining Money Behind the Arrest of Salvadoran Water Defenders?
The five detainees include leaders of the campaign that won the world’s first metals mining ban in 2017 — a ban the cash-strapped government may be moving to overturn.
The Crypto-Populist Pyramid Scam
Here’s how to connect Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to Sam Bankman-Fried and Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War
First, let’s remind ourselves of the catastrophic global consequences of the last one.