Tuberculosis Rocks Salvadoran Prisons

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 7: Top editors of Costa Rica’s leading daily newspaper resign, citing editorial pressures on coverage. Salvadoran authorities raid the home of a radio journalist whose station is critical of Bukele’s mining project. Guatemalan AG Consuelo Porras picks apart the Public Prosecutor’s Office in a dramatic reshuffling of dozens of staff, and dismantles the special war-crimes unit. A Stanford-led study projects that the state of exception has doubled and will continue to fuel the swelling rate of tuberculosis in Salvadoran prisons, which hold the largest per capita incarcerated population in the world. El Faro English translates Central America. Listen to Central America in Minutes every Friday on major podcast platforms. Help fund independent journalism in Central America by joining our crowdfunding community at support.elfaro.net. Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review. Our mantra this year at El Faro English is simple: Journalism must go on.