Women with homemade protest signs.

Expressions of solidarity with Palestine and Gaza were present at El Salvador's International Working Women's Day Marches.

Thousands of women commemorated International Women’s Day in El Salvador by marching in the capital on March 8 and 9 in the first mass protests since Nayib Bukele’s unconstitutional reelection. Bukele and his government were a focus of criticism, with marchers citing his opposition to legalizing abortion, turning a blind eye to violence against women, and the deterioration of economic conditions under his government, which disproportionately affect women.

CISPES once again expresses our solidarity with Lorena Peña, lifelong feminist activist and leader within El Salvador’s leftist party, the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) and her daughter following a civil court’s outrageous decision this week to uphold the Attorney General’s unfounded accusations of illicit enrichment.

Salvadorans waiting in line to vote.

Electoral reforms eliminate FMLN mayorships, but reveal limited support for Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party.

Municipal and Central American Parliamentary Elections take place today in El Salvador following resounding denouncements from across the political spectrum of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for having abdicated their responsibility to the governing party.  

Days after their speeches at the far-right Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference held outside of Washington, D.C., Nayib Bukele and Argentinian President Javier Milei launched what seems to be a coordinated attack on LGBTI+ communities. While Milei’s announcement focused on banning inclusive gender language in the government, Bukele’s government removed all mention of gender and sexual diversity from schools and public healthcare clinics.

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Women with homemade protest signs.

Expressions of solidarity with Palestine and Gaza were present at El Salvador's International Working Women's Day Marches.