Dalia Tarek

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek

In recent weeks, El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, made headlines for renting out the country's mass prison to the United States. In March and April, under US President Donald Trump, the United States deported hundreds of Venezuelans and Salvadorans, without due process, to this facility in El Salvador, the Terrorism Confinement Center (known as CECOT), which has been reported for severe human rights abuses.

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek

On April 15, 2025, Brazilian federal deputy Erika Hilton reported that when she applied for a United States visa, she was classified as a “male” individual. This was a new situation for her, as in 2023, when she was issued another visa by the US, her gender identity was acknowledged as that of a female person.

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek |Rowan Glass |Jean de Dieu SOVON

This article was originally published in IFEX, a Global Voices media partner. It was updated with recent developments on April 16, 2025, by Global Voices. Peru's government adopted a controversial law on April 16, 2025, that has been denounced by civil society throughout the region because of its unconstitutionality, given that it violates the freedoms of association, thought, and political participation.

3 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Dalia Tarek |Malka Older |Teodora C. Hasegan |Zhaoyin Feng

Since 2018, the Ortega-Rosario Murillo government in Nicaragua has used multiple repressive strategies to punish citizens who have expressed political dissent, such as persecution, harassment, imprisonment, torture, confiscation of property, and extrajudicial executions. In 2023, state authorities used a new modality for the first time to increase repression: stripping opponents of their nationality.