Daniel Kempken Versión en español aquí. Violence and insecurity in Ecuador have increased exponentially since around 2019. Dramatic events culminated in January 2024, when a wave of violence swept across the country. A television channel was hijacked during a live broadcast. Criminal groups assassinated mayors and prosecutors. The powerful drug lord «Fito» managed to escape from prison. The […]
Crimes against humanity in El Salvador? An independent query is needed to investigate human rights abuses
Leonor Arteaga and Hannah Ahern* This op-ed was first published in The Dallas Morning News. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, reelected in a landslide last February, is set to begin his second term on June 1. Critics of the Bukele regime, ourselves included, have noted that his consecutive candidacy and reelection violated the Salvadoran constitution, and […]
