Blogs and Opinions
The nostalgia of migration amid a life stolen in pieces
When I was little, I never dreamed of traveling to big, faraway cities. Even when relatives told me what life was like in other countries, I was perfectly happy just escaping the stifling heat of the capital to spend an … Read more
InSightCrime: El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Crackdown Now Has Political Opponents in Its Crosshairs
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights defender amid growing concerns over the government’s repressive anti-crime tactics, suggesting policies once used to attack organized crime are being repurposed to target political opponents. On May 18, El Salvador’s … Read more
Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa: How the Right-Win President Won Re-Election and Captured Swing Voters
On April 13, 2025, 37-year-old businessman Daniel Noboa, one of the world’s youngest presidents, was re-elected as president of the Republic of Ecuador. Noboa came to office after winning 55.62 per cent of the vote in a runoff election against Luisa González, … Read more
El Salvador: The New Migrant Prison Under Trump’s Policies
A three-minute video posted early Sunday morning, March 16, 2025, on the Twitter account of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele showed a group of Latin American immigrants in the United States (all men), heads bowed and arms held by security agents, disembarking from planes arriving from the United States at El Salvador’s Oscar Arnulfo Romero … Read more
Has Trinidad & Tobago Accepted Environmental Decline? Exploring the Island’s Ecological Challenges
One day, I was walking along the litter-strewn streets of Couva in central Trinidad and thought to myself how desensitized we have grown to garbage. These were the same streets that I grew up on; I found it alarming how accustomed we’ve become to the sight of garbage that we hardly notice anymore. One can argue that … Read more
Understanding El Salvador in 2025: Four Essential Things You Need to Know
In 2025, El Salvador’s government is making decisions that are generating intense debates within the country. From reforming the financing of political campaigns to the reactivation of mining and reaching agreements with the United States on penitentiary matters; these decisions have led to a rumbling in society about where democracy, the economy and … Read more
Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador: A Transformational Journey
El Salvador was the first nation in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. This bold move sparked global debate, with Bitcoin proponents heralding it as a revolution in global finance, while critics question the implications for … Read more