Global Voices

La fantasía Bitcóin en El Salvador mientras los trabajadores pierden sus empleos

Suchit Chávez / Truthdig Feb 2, 2026 Una élite económica emergente y respaldada por el gobierno está consolidando su poder: forjando su propio paraíso cripto. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Bitcoin Country

Suchit Chávez / Truthdig Feb 2, 2026 In El Salvador, a government-backed economic elite is consolidating power and forging its own crypto paradise while workers struggle. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Global Voices

La resistencia tiene rostro de mujer en El Salvador

Suchit Chávez / Truthdig Sep 29, 2025 En un país en donde los espacios cívicos y la democracia han ido en picada, las mujeres y miembros de la comunidad LGBTQIA+ son actualmente la resistencia más numerosa que aún persiste. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

TD Original

Beating Back Bukele’s War on ‘Gender Ideology’

Suchit Chávez / Truthdig Sep 29, 2025 Women and the LGBTQIA+ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Americas

Venezuelan Nationals Subjected to Torture and Abuse While in CECOT

Pablo Meriguet / Peoples Dispatch Jul 25, 2025 Venezuela’s attorney general plans to investigate El Salvador officials for the treatment of detainees at the infamous prison. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

America’s Moral Collapse Is on a Plane to Libya

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report May 9, 2025 In an escalation of deliberate cruelty, the administration plans to send migrants into a system of slavery and death overseen by warlords. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Bukele Refuses to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Ashley Murray / States Newsroom Apr 15, 2025 Despite a court order, El Salvador's president scoffed at the notion of returning the man that ICE deported in error. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Americas

The El Salvador Model and the U.S. War on Migrants

Timothy O'Farrell / NACLA Mar 6, 2025 El Salvador's offer to house deportees and U.S. citizens in its infamous prisons — for profit — signals a new and troubling escalation in the criminalization of migration. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Americas

Free Speech Under Fire in Bukele’s El Salvador

Mneesha Gellman / NACLA Feb 2, 2024 President Nayib Bukele’s slide toward authoritarianism has culminated in an unconstitutional reelection bid. His consolidation of power has cracked down on independent press. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Americas

The Persistent Myth of Costa Rica’s Demilitarization

Markus Hochmüller, Markus-Michael Müller / NACLA Jan 5, 2024 Narratives celebrating Central America’s most peaceful nation have masked a militarized policing model shaped by U.S.-sponsored counterinsurgency. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Opinion

El Salvador’s Champion

Juan Martínez d´Aubuisson / Truthdig Dec 30, 2022 President Nayib Bukele says he has defeated El Salvador’s gangs and brought peace to the nation. But the reality is more complex. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )