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El Salvador's diaspora in the US ‘needs to wake up’ from Bukele's propaganda, Salvadoran–American journalist says

Written by Global Voices Latin America

4 weeks ago

El Salvador, a new migrant prison under the Trump administration

Written by Estefanía Salazar, Elizabeth

Translated by Ameya Nagarajan

27 March 2025

Four key points to understand El Salvador in 2025

Written by Valeria Cortez

Translated by Melissa Vida

14 March 2025

Internet outages and blocks in Latin America in 2024

Written by Jacobo Nájera

Translated by Dalia Tarek

3 January 2025

Stories about El Salvador

Data Narratives Civic Media Observatory: Country Reports

For the past year, the Civic Media Observatory — through its Data Narratives project — conducted research in Brazil, El Salvador, India, Turkey, and Sudan

Written by Civic Media Observatory

31 December 2024

Artificial Intelligence Narratives: A Global Voices Report

By situating AI in the context of data, we analyzed their narrative relationship, shared incentives, and strategies necessary to protect the public interest

Written by Civic Media Observatory

23 December 2024

Latin America: Who wins and who loses after Trump's victory?

What can we expect for Latin America?

Written by Michel N.

25 November 2024

Women's rights are backsliding left and right in Latin America

Right- and left-wing governments in Latin America are taking away the rights of women and transgender people

Written by Muy Waso

Translated by Dalia Tarek

23 November 2024

Bukele boasts of his government's successes amid allegations of an attack on press freedom

Pro-Bukelism is amplified in social networks

Written by ProBox

Translated by Dalia Tarek

8 November 2024

Progress or freedom: Speeches by the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and El Salvador at the UN

The leaders' speeches show the two political trends within the continent

Written by Roberto Díaz

Translated by Molly Furnival-Phillips

17 October 2024

Sovereignty: A pretext for Latin America's autocrats to attack NGOs

In both left-wing and right-wing countries, there is a tendency to close down NGOs

Written by Connectas

Translated by Melissa Vida

21 September 2024

What does data governance mean to you? Join us for an online discussion on September 30

The Data Narratives Observatory will host a session with Conneced by Data, an organization working to include communities at the center of data narratives.

Written by Giovana Fleck

19 September 2024

Controversial hacktivists may have prompted El Salvador’s censorship of Telegram

Hackers offer insights in exclusive interview

Written by Abigail Paz

10 July 2024

The Central American and Palestinian liberation struggles are intertwined

Israeli surveillance technology and arms are prevalent in Central America

Written by ContraCorriente

3 June 2024

Bitcoin mining's toll on El Salvador leaves communities without water

Eight thousand people lost access to running water for over a month

Written by Abigail Paz

31 May 2024

A Glimpse into El Salvador's ’state of exception‘

The measure has been severely questioned by experts

Written by Laura Chaparro Piedrahíta

Translated by Laura Chaparro

14 May 2024

From discredit to censorship: When power attacks the Latin American press

Without a free press there can be no democracy

Written by Connectas

Translated by Ameya Nagarajan

29 March 2024

Nayib Bukele wins the elections in El Salvador and authoritarianism advances through the continent

Did the Salvadoran president cross the line toward dictatorship?

Written by Connectas

Translated by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

15 February 2024

The silent decline of childhood vaccination in Latin America

Since 2012, vaccination in Latin America began to decline

Written by Connectas

Translated by CONNECTAS .org

4 January 2024

The rich culture of Latin American traditional Christmas food

Learn more about Latinamerica's gastronomic diversity

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo, Eddie Galdamez, Kelly Chaib De Mares, Patricia Larrús

Translated by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

23 December 2023

Between democracy and authoritarianism in El Salvador: The political landscape going Into the 2024 elections

Can the Bukele opposition gain control of the legislative branch?

Written by Eddie Galdamez

13 December 2023

Nayib Bukele with an easy path to a second presidential term in El Salvador

Opposing candidates struggle to compete with Bukele's influence

Written by Eddie Galdamez

23 August 2023

Unfreedom Monitor: Civic Media Observatory findings report

The findings from Advox research into digital authoritarianism

Written by Advox

4 August 2023

Latin America embraces Barbie through pink tacos, parodies and protests

Street vendors, corporations, and political activists are surfing the Barbie wave

Written by Melissa Vida

2 August 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: El Salvador

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in El Salvador

Written by Jose Luis Benitez

19 May 2023

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