Return of Mining to El Salvador Awakens a Quiet Catholic Church

<p>The Catholic Church in San Salvador has gone from blessing Nayib Bukele’s unconstitutional reelection and state of exception to gathering thousands of signatures against metals mining. Bukele has responded testily, drawing from a playbook in Daniel Ortega’s Nicaragua, where priests are imprisoned or exiled and mass is held under state surveillance.</p>

Roman Gressier Yuliana Ramazzini