El Salvador has become one of the least dangerous countries in the world after several years at the top of the list for the opposite reasons. President Nayib Bukele is the one who, in the midst of severe criticism, has made this possible. Gang members, or maras as they […]
Human Rights
The expression of all horrors
The murder of four journalists from the Netherlands on 17 March 1982, the murder of the Jesuit priests on 16 November 1989, were brutal acts committed by a US-trained army. They took place in El Salvador. Forty-one years later, silence is still the main accomplice of impunity. According to […]
Assange case: Media issues call not to criminalise journalists
The five major media outlets that partnered with Wikileaks in 2010 to publish stories based on confidential diplomatic cables from the US State Department have called on the Biden Administration to end its prosecution of Assange. Obtaining and disclosing sensitive information when necessary in the public interest is a […]
Women, mafia, and violence
According to official figures, between 2016 and the first months of 2020, 191 women were killed under different circumstances. But 87 cases aroused the interest of authorities and experts for the degree of cruelty when the crimes were committed. The Prisma’s Memoirs. Nubia Piqueras Grosso According to an […]
Prostitution (III): against immigrants… against women
Trafficking of women in this country is certainly alarming. However everything seems to indicate that the government is manipulating the statistics to use them for their own benefit. The Prisma’s Memoirs. July 2012. _ César Amaya Sandino There are no definitive statistics for it, but those that do exist […]