Issue Sep 23-29 2026: In El Salvador, there are perhaps few more telling signs of Nayib Bukele’s authoritarian tendencies than the case of Ruth López, a respected human rights and corruption investigator who has spent over 16 months in prison as she awaits a trial that will take place in secret.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: The Fe y Esperanza (Faith and Hope) caravan, comprised of over 600 migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Haiti, has resumed its march toward Mexico’s border with the United States amid rains caused by storm Rachel in the Mexican Pacific.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: This electoral process is so important to U.S. President Donald Trump that he has not hesitated to intervene openly in favor of Bolsonaro, whom he received in the Oval Office of the White House last May.