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August 13, 2024

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To help paint the image of a successful war on gangs, in recent years Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele has promoted a narrative that his security policies are resulting in fewer people are leaving the country. Recently, this narrative has gotten a boost in the U.S., from MAGA proponents to mainstream press. Soon after his June 1 inauguration for an illegal second term, to which U.S.

While Bukele has spent several years on an intense, multimillion-dollar international propaganda campaign to convince the world that he has transformed El Salvador into some kind of paradise, working families are experiencing a bleak economic reality.

Despite heavy rains, tens of thousands of Salvadorans took to the streets on Saturday, June 29 for the country’s Pride March in a powerful display of resistance to Nayib Bukele’s attacks against the LGBTI+ community and the country’s democratic institutions.

Between June 16 and June 21, El Salvador, along with the rest of Central America, faced historically heavy rains as a result of a Central American gyre storm system. In El Salvador, the storm caused rivers to overflow as well as landslides, burying homes, destroying roads, and leaving a death toll of 19 in its wake. Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity in Central America as a result of climate change.

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"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City