Salvadoran social and popular movement organizations have called for a mobilization on September 15, a date that, according to the Popular Rebellion and Resistance Bloc (BRP), has become a symbol of the struggle for true independence [...] “in the face of the establishment and deepening of an autocratic regime that has taken control of public institutions and placed them at the service of the family clan to which it belongs, the oligarchy, imperialism, and its own allies.” The organiza

Once again, a court suspended the trial of nine civil war veterans, prolonging more than two years of pretrial detention.

Since fall 2025, the Trump administration has carried out a widely condemned campaign of strikes against boats in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that it claims are involved in drug trafficking. To date, the Pentagon claims to have killed more than 200 people in extrajudicial killings.

80 international organizations published a letter calling for the release of community organizer Geovanni Aguirre. Learn how you can support the campaign.

The trial has been postponed until September 7–10

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