Crime & Violence in Central America
In El Salvador, a large population is incarcerated in jails that function more like “torture chambers.”
Tamara Taraciuk Broner, director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, spoke with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on President Nayib Bukele's state of emergency and its impact on rights.
"I think it’s very serious how this is expanding throughout the region. You can explain it partly because insecurity is a huge concern throughout the region, and also because there is no alternative narrative out there that is democratic, within the boundaries of the rule of law, that can also address and provide results in terms of insecurity."
In El Salvador, a large population is incarcerated in jails that function more like “torture chambers.”
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AS SUBMITTED FOR RECORD AND DELIVERED BEFORE A FULL COMMITTEE HEARING OF THE US SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. Over the past five years, slightly over 100,000 unaccompanied migrant children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have been apprehended at the US southern border. They are but…
During the last decade, there has been significant improvement in Salvadorans education, in an international context which reaffirms the importance of education as key strategy for the progress of nations. The Educational Reform, promoted since the 90s, has obtained initial achievements in expanding the access of education, improving quality of…