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Published in: 50.50: FeatureWomen and LGBTQ people caught up in El Salvador’s state of emergency
Government’s anti-gang measures are threatening the innocent, vulnerable and marginalised, say human rights groups
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureLatin American feminists vow to continue fight for abortion rights in 2023
Sexual and reproductive rights activists in the region say ‘our struggle continues’ to maintain progress so far
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureInside the fight against criminalisation of abortion in El Salvador
My new film documents how more than 50 Salvadoran women serving lengthy prison terms have been set free by feminist activism
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionRule of law is being dismantled in Central America and Europe must act
A culture of impunity in Central American countries like Guatemala is turning the region into a hotbed of crime....
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Published in: 50.50: Feature5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021
Time to celebrate! Here’s how women have made a difference across the world this year
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationEuropean and US Right groups backed El Salvador criminalising abortion – and lost
In a case at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, European groups supported criminalising women who had...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin America
This 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 Salvador
This 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 Americas
In 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-Up
In 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 movement
2018 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 woman
The 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 America
Whilst 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 Salvador
El 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 left
Nine 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 policy
Terrified 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 territory
Only 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 Americas
Across the region, women are forging alternative paths to real peace and security, rejecting militarisation and...