Trump has openly admired El Salvador’s modern high-security prisons. But in most of the country’s prisons, the conditions are appalling, and the death rate among inmates is rising. My contribution to the latest issue of @d-and-c.bsky.social. dandc.eu/en/article/e...

I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.

“Many of us changed the way we communicate via phones, not only with our sources, but with our families.” This is how journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social described the harms from being targeted with spyware. Epistemic rights help explain such attacks: www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...

Must-read by @petizagavarrete.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social. Much of this will sounds familiar to US readers, given that Bukele's state of exception has served as a model for Trump and the global right's authoritarian agenda.

In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and expanding the state’s carceral apparatus. Read @petizagavarrete.bsky.social in our fall issue: www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-pe...

For @newglobalpolitics.bsky.social, I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.

Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now! Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...

In Bukele’s #ElSalvador, he is the only person who is above the law. The road ahead is long. Even the first step—telling the truth—is officially considered a crime. My contribution for the latest @dissentmag.bsky.social, a powerful issue that comes out today. www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-pe...

Wir sind besorgt über den gravierenden Rückgang der Pressefreiheit in #ElSalvador. Die Regierung muss sofort aufhören, Medien und den Journalismus als Ganzen zu kriminalisieren, und die Sicherheit und Freiheit der Journalist*innen von @elfaro.net gewährleisten. rsf.org/en/el-salvad...

La detención de #RuthLópez marca un antes y un después en “la 'dictadura más cool' de Bukele. Confirma que ha llegado el momento de arrasar con todo lo que huela a disidencia en #ElSalvador. El guion de esta película ya lo conocemos. Mi columna en el @eldiario.es. www.eldiario.es/opinion/trib...

@petizagavarrete.bsky.social de @elfaro.net dice en @eldiario.es que "La detención de Ruth [López] marca un antes y un después en 'la dictadura más cool del mundo mundial'". #Bukele #ElSalvador #RuthLópez

Honor. ✨ Premios Ortega y Gasset 2023 - @elpais.com.

One cannot talk about peace when that peace is obtained through a climate of fear, silencing and persecuting any dissidence. Or if it is constructed on systematic human rights violations. What #ElSalvador has is far from being called peace. revista.drclas.harvard.edu/peace-in-el-...

#Turkey: IPI joins @mlsaturkey.org & 13 other orgs to call for immediate release of journalists @yildiztar.bsky.social , Elif Akgül, Ercüment Akdeniz & Ender İmrek, detained on Feb 18. Their lawyers were denied access, investigation is under a confidentiality order.👇 https://buff.ly/4hWOYXM