The 39-Year-Old Massacre That Still Haunts El Salvador
A recent military crackdown shows the country still hasn’t escaped the legacy of a brutal civil war. This article was originally...
Elizabeth Hawkins | Slate
Dec 12, 2020
El Salvador’s Army, with the President’s Help, Blocks El Mozote Massacre Investigation
By José Miguel Vivanco El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to his supporters outside...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 12, 2020
On El Salvador’s 1981 El Mozote Massacre, President Bukele Sides With Impunity
IMAGE: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference at the presidential home in San Salvador, El Salvador, on...
Just Security | Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Oct 31, 2020
Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
US Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety (Washington, DC) – The governments of El Salvador , Guatemala , and Honduras have failed to...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 10, 2020
The Guatemala Genocide Ruling, Five Years Later
Washington D.C., May 10, 2018—Five years ago today, one of the most celebrated human rights trials in Latin America came to a stunning...
National Security Archive
May 14, 2018
El Salvador’s Politics of Perpetual Violence
What’s the issue? After fifteen years of failed security policies, the government of El Salvador and criminal gangs are deadlocked in an...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 19, 2017
New Report: El Salvador's Politics of Perpetual Violence
El Salvador, a small country in the isthmus of Central America, is wracked by an implacable strain of gang warfare. Exceptionally intense...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 19, 2017
Do the Numbers Lie? Mistrust and Military Lockdown after Honduras’ Disputed Poll
Honduras has entered a political crisis that is turning increasingly violent following the disputed results of the 26 November general...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 4, 2017
Watch List 2017 – Third Update
Undocumented Migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America Flows of undocumented migrants from Central America, through Mexico...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 18, 2017
Second Genocide Trial of Guatemala's Former Dictator Rios Montt
Efrain Rios Montt stands during a pause in a hearing at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, November 19, 2013. | Photo:...
Telesur
Oct 12, 2017
UNESCO and Yahad-In Unum join forces on Holocaust and genocide education
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Founder and President of Yahad-In Unum(link is external), Father Patrick Desbois, have...
Genocide Watch
Sep 22, 2017
Guatemala Stumbles in Central America’s Anti-corruption Fight
What is happening in Guatemala? A remarkable and hopeful two-year interlude in one of Central America’s most corrupt countries may now be...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 1, 2017
