by Maddie Novack | Apr 28, 2026 | Tulane University
Hundreds of thousands of fans filled El Salvador’s national stadium to witness Shakira’s sold out five-night residency of the “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour”. Initially the residence was only three nights, but in less than 24 hours it was sold out. Shakira’s...
by Lexyne Rivera | Apr 17, 2026 | Boston University
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is widely known for being well loved by his constituents. Recent polls, following his 2024 re-election, found 90% of his constituents to be in favor of Bukele and his policies. This is in spite of the fact that his re-election...
by Adrian Pena | Apr 7, 2026 | Universities
A couple years prior El Salvador had implemented a “state of exception” which suspended several civil liberties and constitutional rights to combat the high criminal activity throughout the country. As of now, it has proven to be highly effective as numbers of...
by Jacqueline Maldonado | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
In our assigned reading by Ozan Varol, he describes his theory of “stealth authoritarianism” as a way that “the new generation of authoritarians cloak repressive measures under the mask of law, imbue them with the veneer of legitimacy, and render authoritarian...
by Andrew Weiss | Nov 21, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
On July 31, 2025, the El Salvadoran congress passed significant changes to the El Salvadoran constitution. By a vote of 57 to 3, they passed notable changes including the removal of presidential term limits and extension of presidential term limits to 6 years. The...
