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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On Thursday, December 3 Salvadoran religious and social movement leaders were joined by representatives of religious groups from Australia and the United States at a press conference in San Salvador to discuss the support for the Salvadoran anti-mining struggle from international religious groups and leaders.
Photo posted on 'X' by Casa Presidencial of El Salvadaor's Center for Terrorism Confinement, CECOT Mega Prison, where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants were jailed under an agreement between the Trump and Bukele governments.
