continuation... Since 2022, El Salvador has operated under a prolonged state of emergency that has allowed mass arrests, suspended constitutional protections, and generated widespread allegations of arbitrary detention, torture, and other human rights abuses. While Berkel's government gets credit for dramatically reducing gang violence, human rights organizations warn that the price is an erosion of process and civil liberties. For Peru, the question goes beyond building prisons. Will Fujimori pursue selective security reforms, or will Buka's broader authoritarian approach become a blue print for her administration, which is already trending rightward toward paramilitary fascism?

continuation... Since 2022, El Salvador has operated under a prolonged state of emergency that has allowed mass arrests, suspended constitutional protections, and generated widespread allegations of arbitrary detention, torture, and other human rights abuses. While Berkel's government gets credit for dramatically reducing gang violence, human rights organizations warn that the price is an erosion of process and civil liberties. For Peru, the question goes beyond building prisons. Will Fujimori pursue selective security reforms, or will Buka's broader authoritarian approach become a blue print for her administration, which is already trending rightward toward paramilitary fascism?