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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDoor to justice finally opens in El SalvadorAs the door finally opens for war criminals to face justice in El Salvador, the law can start serving the country's...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe fight continues to free detained Central American high schoolers in the USDespite several protests, US authorities have not yet backed down from arresting immigrant high school students on...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLove in the time of ZikaAs the Zika virus ravaging Latin America moves northward, in El Salvador, the debate focuses on the struggle for...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatino high schoolers could be deported to "certain death"Several North Carolina Latino high schoolers have been arrested and are expected to be deported, despite strong...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSan Salvador, not Caracas, was the world´s most murderous city in 2015With almost 200 murders by 100.000 inhabitants, probably San Salvador´s murder rate exceeds the violent death rate...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe re-emergence of social cleansing in El SalvadorIn the most violent country in the world, youth is killing youth, the state is in a state of war and extrajudicial...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCrime, violence and political gridlock in El Salvador. Business as usualThe future of El Salvador depends on its capacity to address the structural causes of violence, to repair the broken...
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Published in: TransformationThe true miracle of Óscar RomeroThe memory of martyrs is exalted, but to what purpose?
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Published in: openSecurityEl Salvador’s gang truce: a lost opportunity?The truce declared in 2012 may have been imperfect and controversial but positive lessons must be learned amid the...
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Published in: HomeThe corporate nullification of the human right to water: the case of El SalvadorMultinational corporations are increasing their control over valuable fresh water supplies, particularly in Latin...
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Published in: 50.50The Handmaid's Tale of El SalvadorPoverty, misogyny, and Christian fundamentalism in El Salvador lie behind the prison sentences of up to forty years...
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Published in: HomeLatin American progressives and environmental duplicityWhat governments must do, now more than ever, is decisively leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects,...
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Published in: HomeEl Salvador: crisis of masculinity in a machista societyUnless the crisis of masculinity in El Salvador is directly tackled, no effort on behalf of women’s organizations...
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Published in: openSecurityEl Salvador's gang problem: the truth behind the truceWill El Salvador's new president deploy state or civil society to address the recent spikes in violence, as politics...
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Published in: HomeGarcía Márquez and "the Latin American who came in from the cold"Former Swedish deputy foreign minister and UN ambassador Pierre Schori remembers circumstances and characters,...
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Published in: 50.50Political motherhood vs violence against mothersThe Activist Mothers of Xalapa have united their individual power as mothers to create a collective political...
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Published in: 50.50US immigration bill: silence on the deportation of children
Unaccompanied minors best illustrate the need and mechanisms for true comprehensive immigration reform yet the...
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Published in: openSecurityDeals with the devil
Talk of a pact with criminals is beyond the pale in Mexico’s presidential election campaign. But the tentative...
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Published in: openSecurityIn the shadows of globalisation: drug violence in Mexico and Central America
The wave of violence afflicting Mexico and the northern triangle of Central America (Honduras, Guatemala and El...
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Published in: HomeStay alive: turning around a failing war
A deep strategic rethink is needed to reverse the dismal failure of the war on drugs and gangs, particularly in the...
