Image Source: CNN At the end of February, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced the transfer of the first 2,000 prisoners to the “biggest prison in the Americas,” the “Terrorism Containment Center” (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo - CECOT). The opening of this “megacárcel” (mega prison) is just one of the measures Bukele has undertaken under … Continue reading Security at the Expense of Human Rights: The Case of El Salvador’s “Megacárcel”

Image Source: Caracol Radio  A Note from the Editor: This article was finalized earlier this month, before talks with the ELN began. As these conversations continue and information is released, there may be some changes relative to what is written below. Only six years after the historic peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of … Continue reading Balancing Peace and Justice in the Colombian “Total Peace”