"Bukele now denies that any such negotiations [with the gangs] took place, but this can’t be taken seriously". "Earlier this year,​ Bukele launched a fresh campaign of intimidation against human rights groups". www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

An unlikely firm linked to key Intellexa figures has sprung back to life online: a skincare company called Medovie. Sara Hamou, who played a central role in establishing Cyprus as a hub for Intellexa’s activities, is the co-founder. Read the story:

On 31 July 2025, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment allowing indefinite presidential re-election. In this article, Daniel Olmedo examines the legal and political processes behind the reform constitutionnet.org/news/voices/...

After being re-elected —against the Constitution— in February 2024, Bukele started clearing the way for a runway for the new Pacific Airport in the middle of one of the few remaining mangrove forests in the country. The human and ecological impacts are huge: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) informa que reducirá a la mitad el alcance de su programa en Venezuela este año porque, según dice, el "financiamiento no es suficiente".

This information is not correct. There is no approved project nor budgeted funds. This is an opinion from La Nación that explains the political games the current administration is playing with this initiative.

The new facility, named the Center for High Containment of Organized Crime (CACCO), has been designed to hold 5,100 inmates, increasing Costa Rica's prison capacity by 40%. The government has budgeted the project at $35 million www.reuters.com/world/americ...

An Everett woman and her son were detained by immigration officials in late July when they were coming back into Washington from British Columbia. The labor union representing her is requesting her immediate release.

Officialist lawmakers abolished presidential term limits, paving the way for Nayib Bukele —who has aided Trump’s deportation policy and whose government has jailed tens of thousands in its crackdown on gangs and civil rights groups— to run for re-election indefinitely www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...

A combination of high-profile detentions, a new “foreign agents” law, violent repression of peaceful protesters and the risk of imminent government detention has driven more than 100 political exiles to flee #ElSalvador in recent months. apnews.com/article/el-s...

If you are arrested or detained by immigration, check out this guide from @nilc.org to learn more about your rights: www.nilc.org/resources/kn... For immigrants’ rights, visit the @aclu.org’s guide:

🛡️The U.S. Journalist Assistance Network, of which @freedom.press is a member, has compiled a set of immigration resources for journalists in the U.S. Check out the resources in the thread below, bookmark and share:

"They called the police for help, but local law enforcement turned them over to ICE." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-de...

During hard times, we still look at the sky in search of hope

Desde 2022, el régimen de excepción le ofreció a Bukele la posibilidad de construir un discurso que muchos quieren imitar. ‘Batman’, como le llamaban en las negociaciones entre gobierno y pandillas, sería el justiciero contra el terrorismo. 🎧 Escucha: elhilo.audio/bs4

"They treated us like dogs they picked up in the street," Layzez said. "They are just pulling over people and kidnapping people who are hard-working." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Medicaid and Medicare turn 60 today. These vital programs have been a lifesaver for millions of people. Now the programs are under attack by Trump and Republicans, who are spreading lies in order to justify devastating cuts — particularly to Medicaid. https://youtu.be/BzMqYttKv1c?feature=shared

Ruth López, a constitutional lawyer devoted to defending Salvadorans' fundamental rights and advancing public transparency, will receive the American Bar Association 2025 International Human Rights Award. The Nayib Bukele regime imprisoned her. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

El Salvador is living under a dictatorship, even if your daily life does not seem to have changed. The long authoritarian night has begun: All power is concentrated in a single person. This person has the security forces and the justice system at their disposal. beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...

He had performed just two weeks ago at what was billed as Black Sabbath’s last concert, a festival titled “Back to the Beginning,” in his and the band’s hometown of Birmingham, England, that amounted to a massive tribute to the legendary band variety.com/2025/music/o...

State Department lawyers aimed to create a paper trail to counter claims that U.S. officials sent people to El Salvador for abuse, which could violate treaty obligations and expose them to potential criminal prosecution abroad. www.justsecurity.org/117271/us-el...

The exchange comes after a previous deal being negotiated fell through, and despite the Trump administration’s insistence in court and in public statements that it did not have the power to compel El Salvador to return the removed migrants to the United States. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The swap partially ended one of the most controversial episodes of President Donald Trump’s second term — the secret removal under a 1798 wartime law and indefinite incarceration without charge of Venezuelan migrants he said were members of a “terrorist” gang. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

One of the officials said El Salvador would send 238 Venezuelans held in its maximum security CECOT prison to Caracas and that the Venezuelan government would release five U.S. citizens and five U.S. permanent residents to American custody. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

The forced exile of some of the only voices publicly attempting to hold Bukele’s government accountable is taking place in the context of a global surge of right-wing authoritarians whose strategies for consolidating power regularly overlap. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

The Consumer Price Index increased 0.3% last month after edging up 0.1% in May, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday. That was the largest gain since January. In the 12 months through June, the CPI advanced 2.7% after rising 2.4% in May. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

The world has lost 411 million hectares of wetlands, the equivalent of half a billion football pitches, and a quarter of the remaining wetlands are now classified as in a state of degradation www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

#ElSalvador: 427 deaths in prison under state of emergency The deceased were being prosecuted, they had no convictions and neither “the profile of #gang members,” warned the organization Socorro Jurídico Humanitario. www.dw.com/es/el-salvad...

The department sent layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with assignments in the United States apnews.com/article/layo...

ALERT ‼️ 📢📢 The Nayib Bukele regime has transferred Ruth López to the Granja Izalco Prison, where prisoners have already died and from where complaints of torture have come out. Amnesty International has declared Ruth a prisoner of conscience.

Throughout the beginning of Nayib Bukele’s second presidential term, El Salvador has experienced an alarming increase in the harassment, persecution and criminalization of human rights defenders, journalists, activists, critical voices and civil society organizations. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...

Me: Ok, too much reality for today. Let's watch cartoons. The cartoons:

The dollar is down 13% against the euro on concerns about flip-flopping U.S. trade policies and growth.

I’ve never seen this before. Almost every and each of Delta flights cancelled in Atlanta Airport due to the weather

From Guantánamo to CECOT: Abuses in the name of “national security” 🗓️ June 25, 2025 🕛 12:00 pm ✍️ amn.st/60134zTnx 🗣️Available in English and Spanish To commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, join a webinar organized by Amnesty International

Rina Monti, directora de Investigación en Derechos Humanos de Cristosal, explica que antes las personas se desplazaban por la violencia de las pandillas, pero ahora lo hacen por la violencia ejercida por el Estado, especialmente por la PNC y la Fuerza Armada www.alharaca.sv/democracia/d...

📢 #Centroamérica | APES denuncia éxodo masivo de periodistas en El Salvador y graves violaciones a la libertad de prensa.

We are deeply concerned by the recent detention of lawyer Enrique Anaya in El Salvador. His arrest comes amid the Bukele regime's escalating campaign of repression against those who advocate for human rights, due process, and the rule of law, such as @cristosal.bsky.social's Ruth López. (1/2)

Boelter allegedly shot dead Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, in their home on Saturday - a crime Governor Tim Walz characterized as a "politically motivated assassination." www.reuters.com/business/med...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Brands are expected to prioritize flexible ad contracts and accelerate the adoption of AI tools in ad production and user targeting www.reuters.com/business/med...

Oh wait it turns out immigrants matter

We have been working on a story about the run of ICE impersonators robbing and terrorizing mostly Latino businesses. Now this has jumped to impersonating cops for politically motivated assassinations.

A Democratic state politician has been killed and another has been injured after "targeted shootings" in the US, officials say www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...

Despite Bukele’s crime fighter reputation, his top aides blocked extraditions of MS-13 leaders to the U.S., officials say. U.S. agents drew up a request to examine whether Bukele and senior officials had diverted USAID funds to help out MS-13 gang members. www.propublica.org/article/buke...

In addition, the department is reviewing the applications of about 1,200 scholars from other countries who have already been approved by the board to come to the United States www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

A prominent constitutional lawyer and fierce critic of El Salvador dictator Nayib Bukele has been arrested during a procedure with a lot of irregularities The lawyer, Enrique Anaya, was arrested at his home in the city of Santa Tecla on Saturday. www.dw.com/en/el-salvad...

🚨 #CristosalStatement | We alert the public about the arrest of constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya. His arrest is part of a rapid escalation in the criminalization of those who defend the rule of law in El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is on his way back to the U.S. to face criminal charges, sources tell ABC News. abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...