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 June 1, 2022, Salvadoran community and allies protest outside of the Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.
Unions and social movement organizations have called for the release of Giovanni Guerrero, member of the Popular Resistance and Rebellion Bloc, who was arrested following the International Workers Day march on May 1, in which he participated.
Dr. Violeta Menjiva, former Minister of Health, was unlawfully arrested in July 2021, along with other former officials from the progressive FMLN administration.
