In El Salvador, Government Crackdown Reaches New Heights Amid Pandemic

Published: April 28, 2020, 3:48 p.m.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Samantha Pineda, Program Director of CISPES, to talk about how Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is using the coronavirus lock-down as a pretext for his larger crackdown on criminals and political dissidents alike, why some international observers initially praised Bukele's response to the pandemic, and why women and LGBTQ people are being disproportionately impacted by violence amid the lockdown.