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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin AmericaThis year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationIs there an informal pact between Bukele and the gangs in El Salvador?Recent frontal attacks by President Bukele on the Salvadoran press and, specifically, on El Faro, provide evidence...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAutocracy in El Salvador?Under Nayib Bukele's presidency, El Salvador faces a historical challenge to its democracy in time of pandemic....
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#EvelynHernández A victory for women’s rights in El SalvadorThis Monday, a court in El Salvador made history by acquitting 21 year old rape victim Evelyn Hernandez who suffered...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta2018 was the year crime became an ideology in the AmericasIn spite of some valuable initiatives to stregnthen the rule of law and tackle impunity in the region, l2018 has...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaInSight Crime’s 2018 Homicide Round-UpIn its Homicide Round-Up, InSight Crime looks into the murder rates country by country and the factors behind them. Español.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#2018: Victories and defeats of the Latin American feminist movement2018 has been a year of great achievements and challenges for the women’s rights movement. The absolution of Imelda...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaImelda and the plight of the Salvadoran womanThe judge of the case of Imelda Cortez, accused of intent of homicide after giving birth on the toilet in her home,...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#JusticiaParaImelda: the difficult battle for women’s rights in Central AmericaWhilst we await the postponed trial of Imelda Cortez for the 17th of December, the battle to tear down legal...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaResisting oblivion in El SalvadorEl Mozote survivors do everything, tirelessly, to demand justice and to make sure that no one has to live through...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy El Salvador turned its back on the leftNine years after its historic win at the polls, the left in El Salvador is far from having an option of standing for...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHomo homini lupus est: trauma and child abuse in U.S. refugee policyTerrified children kept in cages disturbed the world. And then, president Trump, on camera, resumed his cynical...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEl Salvador: life in Mara Salvatrucha’s territoryOnly a profound change in the country’s economic model, a policy of victim assistance, and engagement in community...
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Published in: 50.50How women are building feminist human security in the AmericasAcross the region, women are forging alternative paths to real peace and security, rejecting militarisation and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSalvadorans next for U.S. deportation machineThe Trump administration continues to play a macabre numbers game with the lives of immigrants in its latest act of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAn endless cycle of carnage in El SalvadorIn recent years, El Salvador’s street gangs have begun to exert influence in the country’s security sector and local...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCounter-gang strategies in Central America: mass imprisonment and crackdown is not workingThere are many underlying causes of why people join gangs. The lesson of past policies is that mano dura strategies...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEl Salvador: from dialogue to deathSince January 2015, the war opposing criminal gangs and the State has resulted in 15.000 dead. Attempts at truce...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThirty-six years later, the trial of the El Mozote massacres could change El Salvador's historyThe reopening of El Mozote case brings a historic opportunity for truth and justice; the State and the public...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaObama keeps on deporting Central American teens. What will Trump do?“I am glad the cards are now on the table and there is not a hidden agenda. Because then we can fight accordingly.” Español
