El Salvador

  • May 6, 2020
  • 2 min read

El Salvador COVID-19 quarantine measures may backfire

El Salvador has been quick to implement some of the harshest quarantine measures in Latin America, prompting criticism

El Salvador
  • Apr 27, 2020
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New measures will compound El Salvador security risks

Apparently undeterred by international condemnation, the president is pursuing further hard-line security measures

El Salvador
  • Apr 17, 2020
  • 2 min read

El Salvador COVID-19 response poses long-term risks

Hard-line lockdown measures may help contain contagion, but they threaten human rights and the rule of law

El Salvador
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • 2 min read

COVID-19 poses multiple threats for El Salvador

El Salvador has reacted quickly to COVID-19 but it will struggle to handle the crisis

El Salvador
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • 2 min read

Latin American containment measures spread with virus

A number of regional governments yesterday imposed measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19

Latin America
  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 2 min read

Bukele veto to worsen El Salvador congress tensions

The president has vetoed controversial post-conflict legislation, describing it as a new “amnesty law”

El Salvador
  • Feb 25, 2020
  • 6 min read

El Salvador military action raises concerns

The president’s decision to invite troops into congress appears to have backfired

El Salvador
  • Feb 10, 2020
  • 2 min read

Occupation of El Salvador’s Congress is a risky move

In a bid to pressurise lawmakers into backing President Nayib Bukele’s proposals, troops occupied Congress

El Salvador