Day: December 17, 2023

‘Mano Dura’: Unprecedented Human Rights Issues In El Salvador

Amnesty international’s report’“Behind the Veil of Popularity: Repression and Regression in Human Rights in El Salvador”, published last December 5th, has denounced a disturbing regression of human rights in El Salvador. Amnesty’s alarming report suggests that this may be one of the worst crises that have occurred in Salvador since

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The Essequibo Region: Renewed Tensions In a Centuries-Old Territorial Dispute

On December 3rd, President Nicolás Maduro held a referendum in Venezuela. Voters were asked five questions regarding the centuries-old territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region. The government-controlled electoral authority claimed that all five questions received 95% of yes votes. Moreover, while the referendum is only consultative in

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