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Legislative Assembly members raise hands voting in favor of constitutional amendment

President Bukele’s party, Nuevas Ideas (New Ideas), radically upended Salvadoran constitutional law on Monday, April 29 to give themselves total license to approve constitutional amendments in the coming legislative period, a massive slate of which have been under discussion since 2020. Opposition political parties, civil society organizations, and the grassroots popular movement immediately denounced the “reform” for dismantling fundamental protections for citizen participation and limits on the consolidation of power enshrined in the constitution.

Dead fish pool up in contaminated Bravo River

The Land, Water, and Natural Resources Movement vows to fight recent ecological disasters.

Members of El Salvador's Water Forum protest a lack of access to water for rural commuities.

Salvadoran social movements mark International Water Day by highlighting issues with the country's 2021 Water Resources Law.

Cartoon of a mosquito dressed as a doctor in a hospital asking scared patients, in Spanish, "Who's next?"

Each week, the historic popular education organization Equipo Maíz releases a newsletter highlighting an ongoing issue in Salvadoran society. Since Nayib Bukele took office in 2019, the newsletters have often focused on his government's attacks against public sector workers and government institutions, as well as economic indicators that demonstrate declining living standards for the country's most vulnerable sectors.

Political cartoon of soldiers and policemen in formation while the police take a selfie in front of a banner that reads "Welcome to Chalatenango"

Salvadoran popular education group Equipo Maiz analyzes the connection between military sieges, political repression, and historic leftist communities.

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