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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University students occupy campus in response to eviction notice from Ministry of Education. Photo credit: Fuerza Estudiantil Salvadoreña (FES).
Feminists protest outside a courthouse in San Salvador, demanding "freedom, justice, and reparation" for women criminalized under El Salvador's harsh abortion laws.
