The Real News interviewed CISPES organizer Yesenia Portillo about President Bukele's recent use of police and military to intimidate lawmakers in El Salvador, the Constitutional crisis that it provoked, the response of grassroots organizations in El Salvador and where the struggle for democracy goes from here. Watch here.
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Supporters outside of the courtroom on the May 30, 2025 pretrial hearing in the case against environmental activist and attorney, Alejandro Henriquez, and community leader of the El Bosque agricultural cooperative José Ángel Pérez. Photo via El Foro del Agua on Facebook.
Photo via Foro Nacional de Salud Facebook, May 21, 2025. NGOs in El Salvador hold a press conference to denounce Bukele's Foreign Agents Law.
