Genocide Watch Country Report: El Salvador
By Holly Scala Genocide Watch Country Report: El Salvador February 2021 Monument to the victims of the massacre of El Mozote. Photo:...
Genocide Watch
Feb 20, 2021
Judge arrested in alleged plot to overthrow President Jovenel Moïse: It was a set-up
One of Haiti’s most high-profile judges, Yvickel Dabrésil, stands on a street during his arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, in a housing development...
JACQUELINE CHARLES
Feb 19, 2021
El Salvador violence: Deadly attack on party activists
Gunmen opened fire on activists from El Salvador's main opposition party, killing two people, a rare political attack that has shocked...
BBC News
Feb 1, 2021
Salvadoran archbishop refuses to open records on El Mozote massacre
Salvadoran Archbishop José Escobar Alas of San Salvador is pictured in Washington April 13, 2018. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) SAN SALVADOR, EL...
Rhina Guidos | Catholic News Service
Jan 21, 2021
No Safe Haven for LGBT People in El Salvador
Strengthen Protections, End Asylum Pact with US A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 11, 2021
The 39-Year-Old Massacre That Still Haunts El Salvador
A recent military crackdown shows the country still hasn’t escaped the legacy of a brutal civil war. This article was originally...
Elizabeth Hawkins | Slate
Dec 12, 2020
El Salvador’s Army, with the President’s Help, Blocks El Mozote Massacre Investigation
By José Miguel Vivanco El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to his supporters outside...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 12, 2020
On El Salvador’s 1981 El Mozote Massacre, President Bukele Sides With Impunity
IMAGE: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference at the presidential home in San Salvador, El Salvador, on...
Just Security | Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Oct 31, 2020
Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
US Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety (Washington, DC) – The governments of El Salvador , Guatemala , and Honduras have failed to...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 10, 2020
The Guatemala Genocide Ruling, Five Years Later
Washington D.C., May 10, 2018—Five years ago today, one of the most celebrated human rights trials in Latin America came to a stunning...
National Security Archive
May 14, 2018
El Salvador’s Politics of Perpetual Violence
What’s the issue? After fifteen years of failed security policies, the government of El Salvador and criminal gangs are deadlocked in an...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 19, 2017
New Report: El Salvador's Politics of Perpetual Violence
El Salvador, a small country in the isthmus of Central America, is wracked by an implacable strain of gang warfare. Exceptionally intense...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 19, 2017
