CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 29: The attorneys general of El Salvador and Guatemala meet and agree to increase cooperation, in the most public show of support from the Bukele regime for Consuelo Porras. Weeks after Guatemalan prosecutors threatened to launch an investigation into USAID funding to independent media, the Salvadoran legislature approves a Foreign Agents Law to choke off international aid to critical civil society groups.
In Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo modify the recently rewritten constitution to eliminate the right to double-citizenship. Around the seventh anniversary of the start of the mass uprising against the regime, the Inter-American Court issues a sweeping report on migratory repression in the last two years of dissidents and former political prisoners.
This episode of Central America in Minutes was written and narrated by Roman Gressier with audio production and original soundtrack by Omnionn. Additional reporting from Ramiro Guevara. El Faro English translates Central America. Listen to Central America in Minutes every Friday on major podcast platforms.
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