El Salvador

Ervin Jeovany Alfaro-Lopez of El Salvador was working as a teacher in a church in Maryland when he allegedly raped four children. Police believe more victims may come forward. The victims’ ages ranged from 6-12 at the time of their abuse.

Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation” with our neighbor nations. […]

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a few notable exceptions, have been critical of Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza. Perhaps more than any other region, they have expressed their solidarity with Palestine. Most recognize that the partnership between US imperialism and Israeli Zionism applies not only to Palestine, but also […]

It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was saying mass at a church hospital in San Salvador when a bullet from a sniper rifle ripped through his heart. He stumbled and fell to the ground, dead. Romero started life and ministry as a conservative. But, after his friend Rev. […]

The Biden Administration’s recent decisions to send deadly cluster bombs to Ukraine and to appoint despicable imperialist Elliott Abrams to a State Department Commission on Public Diplomacy are the latest examples of how progressives just cannot trust them to do the right thing. Who is Elliott Abrams? Here is how he was described in an […]

In 1975, Philip Agee published his book Inside the Company: CIA Diary. In the introduction he wrote, When I joined the CIA, I believed in the need for its existence. After twelve years with the agency I finally understood how much suffering it was causing, that millions of people all over the world had been […]

by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation: In just three years under President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador went from the murder capital of the world to reporting “zero murders in 300 days” thanks to a fierce crackdown on gangs which saw 64,000 suspected gang members rounded up and thrown in jail. TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/ El Salvador, […]

Eric Zuesse The following is part of the Gallup Global Emotions 2022 report, which is “based on nearly 127,000 interviews with adults in 122 countries and areas in 2021 and early 2022.” Gallup’s accompanying article, “Global Study Reveals Most Workers Enjoy What They Do”, says: Many of the countries where the most workers enjoy what […]

El Salvador Perspectives | October 18, 2022 Forty years have past since their crimes were committed. But in the past week, former military figures from El Salvador’s civil war have been arrested for their roles in the cold-blooded killing of four Dutch journalists covering that war. In early 1982, El Salvador was a dangerous place […]

Sara Carter | 'They already have so much power - it’s too late to stop them.'