CENTRAL AMERICA

COSTA RICA: ‘The defence of democracy must be a common cause’

CENTRAL AMERICA

Nicaragua: the end of elections

President Daniel Ortega vows never to hold a vote again, entrenching dynastic rule

CENTRAL AMERICA

Guatemala: narrow opening in a captured justice system

So far, too little has changed under President Bernardo Arévalo

CENTRAL AMERICA

GUATEMALA: ‘Criminalisation seeks to instil fear so no one dares question anything’

CENTRAL AMERICA

COSTA RICA: ‘Institutions and democratic guarantees are being eroded in the name of security’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The human rights crisis is structural and will not be resolved by a simple change of government’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The agreement with the USA was the final straw that pushed people out onto the streets’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

CENTRAL AMERICA

El Salvador: Bukele’s authoritarianism goes global

A mega-prison deal with Trump marks the export of civic space erosion and democratic dismantling

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The regime seeks to consolidate absolute control by eliminating all external oversight’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The regime counts on the disappearance of civil society, but people will always look for ways to organise themselves’

CENTRAL AMERICA