President Nayib Bukele extends “state of emergency” for El Salvador—allowing the police to continue to mass arrest people for little, if any, reason.
The country just gave almost 2 million Venezuelans a pathway to citizenship.
Protesters in many countries may find themselves facing down state forces with extralegal powers and a muzzled press.
Amid growing unrest, oil-dependent nations may have no choice but to open their economies.
Latin American leaders are muzzling journalists, indefinitely postponing elections, and enforcing quarantines with military patrols.
A return to aerial fumigation in Colombia has some critics worried about a faltering peace.