El Salvador Archives - Index on Censorship

Tyrant of the year 2025: Nayib Armando Bukele

El Salvador has the highest prisoner rate worldwide and the president likes it that way

Choose from our shortlist of 10 authoritarian leaders and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days

by Mackenzie Argent | 25 Jul 2025

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days

Under Nayib Bukele, El Salvador has the highest global incarceration rate

by Mackenzie Argent | 23 May 2025

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days