Cristosal
@cristosal.bsky.social
Promoviendo derechos humanos en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala.
How Authoritarians Manufacture Popularity and “Cook” the Books
In Field Notes, Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how strongmen manipulate numbers and narrative to create the illusion of mass support.
Popularity can be staged. Power can be curated.
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#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
In Field Notes, Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how strongmen manipulate numbers and narrative to create the illusion of mass support.
Popularity can be staged. Power can be curated.
▶️ Watch the clip.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
How Authoritarians Manufacture Popularity and “Cook” the Books
In Field Notes, Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how strongmen manipulate numbers and narrative to create the illusion of mass support.
Popularity can be staged. Power can be curated.
▶️ Watch the clip.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
In Field Notes, Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how strongmen manipulate numbers and narrative to create the illusion of mass support.
Popularity can be staged. Power can be curated.
▶️ Watch the clip.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
How Authoritarians Use Spectacle and “Tamed” Bodies
In Field Notes, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social explains how staged imagery and disciplined bodies become tools of power in the authoritarian playbook.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
In Field Notes, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social explains how staged imagery and disciplined bodies become tools of power in the authoritarian playbook.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
How Authoritarians Use Spectacle and “Tamed” Bodies
In Field Notes, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social explains how staged imagery and disciplined bodies become tools of power in the authoritarian playbook.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
In Field Notes, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social explains how staged imagery and disciplined bodies become tools of power in the authoritarian playbook.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
Why Bukele Echoes Mussolini
In Field Notes, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how charisma, spectacle, and the myth of “efficiency” are central to the authoritarian playbook—then and now.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
In Field Notes, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how charisma, spectacle, and the myth of “efficiency” are central to the authoritarian playbook—then and now.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Why Bukele Echoes Mussolini
In Field Notes, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how charisma, spectacle, and the myth of “efficiency” are central to the authoritarian playbook—then and now.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
In Field Notes, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains how charisma, spectacle, and the myth of “efficiency” are central to the authoritarian playbook—then and now.
▶️ Watch now.
#FieldNotes #Authoritarianism
Join us for An Update on the Authoritarian Playbook, a conversation with historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Cristosal ED Noah Bullock.
🕒 3:00 PM ET | 💻 Virtual
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🕒 3:00 PM ET | 💻 Virtual
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Field Notes: An Update on the Authoritarian Playbook: A conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
We invite you to join us on February 10 for an upcoming Field Notes conversation, An Update on the Authoritarian Playbook, in conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a professor of histor...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Join us for An Update on the Authoritarian Playbook, a conversation with historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Cristosal ED Noah Bullock.
🕒 3:00 PM ET | 💻 Virtual
🔗 streamyard.com/watch/62MTnp...
🕒 3:00 PM ET | 💻 Virtual
🔗 streamyard.com/watch/62MTnp...
“There are no innocent shortcuts.”
In a new column, our Executive Director Noah Bullock reflects on Costa Rica’s security crisis, the appeal of authoritarian “solutions,” and why fear should never guide democracy.
Read the full article: cristosal.substack.com/p/costa-rica...
In a new column, our Executive Director Noah Bullock reflects on Costa Rica’s security crisis, the appeal of authoritarian “solutions,” and why fear should never guide democracy.
Read the full article: cristosal.substack.com/p/costa-rica...
Costa Rica and the Temptation of the Shortcut
This article was originally published in La Nación (Costa Rica)
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January 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“There are no innocent shortcuts.”
In a new column, our Executive Director Noah Bullock reflects on Costa Rica’s security crisis, the appeal of authoritarian “solutions,” and why fear should never guide democracy.
Read the full article: cristosal.substack.com/p/costa-rica...
In a new column, our Executive Director Noah Bullock reflects on Costa Rica’s security crisis, the appeal of authoritarian “solutions,” and why fear should never guide democracy.
Read the full article: cristosal.substack.com/p/costa-rica...
After weeks off the air, 60 Minutes aired its investigation into torture and abuse at El Salvador’s CECOT prison.
The truth resurfaced—because survivors kept speaking.
#60Minutes #CECOT #HumanRights #Accountability
The truth resurfaced—because survivors kept speaking.
#60Minutes #CECOT #HumanRights #Accountability
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
After weeks off the air, 60 Minutes aired its investigation into torture and abuse at El Salvador’s CECOT prison.
The truth resurfaced—because survivors kept speaking.
#60Minutes #CECOT #HumanRights #Accountability
The truth resurfaced—because survivors kept speaking.
#60Minutes #CECOT #HumanRights #Accountability
After more than 40 years, the El Mozote massacre case is closer than ever to a public trial—a result of survivors’ courage and decades of resistance to impunity.
Truth can be delayed. The question is whether it will be allowed to move forward.
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Truth can be delayed. The question is whether it will be allowed to move forward.
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El Mozote on the Threshold of Truth: A Historic Opportunity for Dignity to Prevail Over Impunity
The case of the El Mozote massacre has entered the plenary phase, a decisive step toward a public trial after more than four decades of struggle by the victims.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
After more than 40 years, the El Mozote massacre case is closer than ever to a public trial—a result of survivors’ courage and decades of resistance to impunity.
Truth can be delayed. The question is whether it will be allowed to move forward.
🔗 cristosal.substack.com/p/el-mozote-...
Truth can be delayed. The question is whether it will be allowed to move forward.
🔗 cristosal.substack.com/p/el-mozote-...
Cristosal Executive Director Noah Bullock joins Tommy Vietor (Pod Save America) to reflect on 2025, democracy in Central America, and the role of U.S. politics.
📆 Jan 9, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM ET
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📆 Jan 9, 2026
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January 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Cristosal Executive Director Noah Bullock joins Tommy Vietor (Pod Save America) to reflect on 2025, democracy in Central America, and the role of U.S. politics.
📆 Jan 9, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM ET
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📆 Jan 9, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM ET
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Reposted by Cristosal
Con 90 mil personas presas y 46 renovaciones del estado de excepción, El Salvador es hoy laboratorio del populismo punitivo.
@ernestolpv.bsky.social conversa con @noahbullock.bsky.social de @cristosal.bsky.social
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@ernestolpv.bsky.social conversa con @noahbullock.bsky.social de @cristosal.bsky.social
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El populismo punitivo en mi país: El Salvador | El costo humano del modelo Bukele | EP.2
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December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Con 90 mil personas presas y 46 renovaciones del estado de excepción, El Salvador es hoy laboratorio del populismo punitivo.
@ernestolpv.bsky.social conversa con @noahbullock.bsky.social de @cristosal.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7GnF...
@ernestolpv.bsky.social conversa con @noahbullock.bsky.social de @cristosal.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7GnF...
📢 #JusticeForElMozote | The case of the El Mozote massacre and surrounding areas has moved into the public trial phase — a decisive step toward a public hearing after more than four decades of struggle by the victims.
Read our full statement
#ElSalvador
Read our full statement
#ElSalvador
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
📢 #JusticeForElMozote | The case of the El Mozote massacre and surrounding areas has moved into the public trial phase — a decisive step toward a public hearing after more than four decades of struggle by the victims.
Read our full statement
#ElSalvador
Read our full statement
#ElSalvador
Reposted by Cristosal
(1/2) The continued detention of human rights lawyer and our valued partner Ruth López is a grave injustice. Ruth deserves transparency, due process, and her freedom.
We reiterate that the detention of Ruth López is unjust and disproportionate, and violates international human rights standards as well as our own legal frameworks.
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
(1/2) The continued detention of human rights lawyer and our valued partner Ruth López is a grave injustice. Ruth deserves transparency, due process, and her freedom.
We reiterate that the detention of Ruth López is unjust and disproportionate, and violates international human rights standards as well as our own legal frameworks.
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We reiterate that the detention of Ruth López is unjust and disproportionate, and violates international human rights standards as well as our own legal frameworks.
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
We will continue supporting all efforts to ensure her freedom and her right to a fair trial
#FreeRuth #HaveDecency #RuthBloomsInFreedom
200 days into a wait that should have never existed.
Hope persists, but justice is urgent. Ruth deserves a fair process — and her freedom.
Help her voice be heard.
Amplify and share:
🌸 #RuthBloomsInFreedom
🙏 #HaveSomeDecency
Hope persists, but justice is urgent. Ruth deserves a fair process — and her freedom.
Help her voice be heard.
Amplify and share:
🌸 #RuthBloomsInFreedom
🙏 #HaveSomeDecency
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
200 days into a wait that should have never existed.
Hope persists, but justice is urgent. Ruth deserves a fair process — and her freedom.
Help her voice be heard.
Amplify and share:
🌸 #RuthBloomsInFreedom
🙏 #HaveSomeDecency
Hope persists, but justice is urgent. Ruth deserves a fair process — and her freedom.
Help her voice be heard.
Amplify and share:
🌸 #RuthBloomsInFreedom
🙏 #HaveSomeDecency
Reposted by Cristosal
La violencia sexual en el conflicto armado en #ElSalvador fue un crimen sistemático que ha permanecido oculto. Acompáñanos a dialogar sobre sus impactos en las víctimas y la sociedad de hoy, junto con @cristosal.bsky.social y @glsurvivorsfund.bsky.social.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
La violencia sexual en el conflicto armado en #ElSalvador fue un crimen sistemático que ha permanecido oculto. Acompáñanos a dialogar sobre sus impactos en las víctimas y la sociedad de hoy, junto con @cristosal.bsky.social y @glsurvivorsfund.bsky.social.
📝 Inscríbete en: bit.ly/locontamos-sv
📝 Inscríbete en: bit.ly/locontamos-sv
Giving Tuesday. We’re carrying protection into 2026 — Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador.
Victims keep demanding truth. We keep walking with them.
Give today: crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonati...
#GivingTuesday #Cristosal
Victims keep demanding truth. We keep walking with them.
Give today: crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonati...
#GivingTuesday #Cristosal
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Giving Tuesday. We’re carrying protection into 2026 — Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador.
Victims keep demanding truth. We keep walking with them.
Give today: crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonati...
#GivingTuesday #Cristosal
Victims keep demanding truth. We keep walking with them.
Give today: crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonati...
#GivingTuesday #Cristosal
“Presidents don’t convict people—judges do.”
Noah Bullock reminds us what separates democracy from authoritarianism.
Our HRW–Cristosal report links a U.S. policy decision to torture abroad for the first time since the War on Terror.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #CNN #Amanpour
Noah Bullock reminds us what separates democracy from authoritarianism.
Our HRW–Cristosal report links a U.S. policy decision to torture abroad for the first time since the War on Terror.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #CNN #Amanpour
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Presidents don’t convict people—judges do.”
Noah Bullock reminds us what separates democracy from authoritarianism.
Our HRW–Cristosal report links a U.S. policy decision to torture abroad for the first time since the War on Terror.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #CNN #Amanpour
Noah Bullock reminds us what separates democracy from authoritarianism.
Our HRW–Cristosal report links a U.S. policy decision to torture abroad for the first time since the War on Terror.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #CNN #Amanpour
Today we celebrate Ruth's fourth recognition in the last two years—and her third just in 2025.
Thank you, Ruth, for reminding us that defending rights is also an act of hope. 💛🌿
#RuthBloomsInFreedom
Thank you, Ruth, for reminding us that defending rights is also an act of hope. 💛🌿
#RuthBloomsInFreedom
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today we celebrate Ruth's fourth recognition in the last two years—and her third just in 2025.
Thank you, Ruth, for reminding us that defending rights is also an act of hope. 💛🌿
#RuthBloomsInFreedom
Thank you, Ruth, for reminding us that defending rights is also an act of hope. 💛🌿
#RuthBloomsInFreedom
The Salvadoran government claims its prisons meet international standards.
Our findings say otherwise.
On CNN, Noah Bullock details evidence of torture and disappearances inside CECOT.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #HumanRights
Our findings say otherwise.
On CNN, Noah Bullock details evidence of torture and disappearances inside CECOT.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #HumanRights
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Salvadoran government claims its prisons meet international standards.
Our findings say otherwise.
On CNN, Noah Bullock details evidence of torture and disappearances inside CECOT.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #HumanRights
Our findings say otherwise.
On CNN, Noah Bullock details evidence of torture and disappearances inside CECOT.
📹 Watch the clip
#Cristosal #HRW #CECOT #HumanRights
Ruth López has devoted her life to defending victims of injustice and fighting corruption.
Once again, her commitment is recognized — this time with the Magnitsky Award 2025 as “Outstanding Human Rights Lawyer.”🌸
#MagnitskyAward #RuthBloomsInFreedom #FreedomForRuthLópez #HaveDecency
Once again, her commitment is recognized — this time with the Magnitsky Award 2025 as “Outstanding Human Rights Lawyer.”🌸
#MagnitskyAward #RuthBloomsInFreedom #FreedomForRuthLópez #HaveDecency
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Ruth López has devoted her life to defending victims of injustice and fighting corruption.
Once again, her commitment is recognized — this time with the Magnitsky Award 2025 as “Outstanding Human Rights Lawyer.”🌸
#MagnitskyAward #RuthBloomsInFreedom #FreedomForRuthLópez #HaveDecency
Once again, her commitment is recognized — this time with the Magnitsky Award 2025 as “Outstanding Human Rights Lawyer.”🌸
#MagnitskyAward #RuthBloomsInFreedom #FreedomForRuthLópez #HaveDecency
“You Have Arrived in Hell.”
That’s how dozens of Venezuelan migrants describe what they lived through inside CECOT, El Salvador’s mega prison.
That’s how dozens of Venezuelan migrants describe what they lived through inside CECOT, El Salvador’s mega prison.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“You Have Arrived in Hell.”
That’s how dozens of Venezuelan migrants describe what they lived through inside CECOT, El Salvador’s mega prison.
That’s how dozens of Venezuelan migrants describe what they lived through inside CECOT, El Salvador’s mega prison.
Reposted by Cristosal
NEW: The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
Two Salvadoran human rights defenders, Alejandro Henríquez and José Ángel Pérez, remain unjustly imprisoned for peacefully defending the right to dignified housing.
#HumanRights #ElSalvador #JusticeForDefenders #Freedom #Cristosal
#HumanRights #ElSalvador #JusticeForDefenders #Freedom #Cristosal
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Two Salvadoran human rights defenders, Alejandro Henríquez and José Ángel Pérez, remain unjustly imprisoned for peacefully defending the right to dignified housing.
#HumanRights #ElSalvador #JusticeForDefenders #Freedom #Cristosal
#HumanRights #ElSalvador #JusticeForDefenders #Freedom #Cristosal
Standing alongside human rights champions from around the world — feeling deep gratitude and renewed resolve.
Together, we continue to pursue justice, truth, and dignity for all, resisting repression and believing in a freer, more humane world. 🌍
@humanrightsfirst.org
#HumanRights #HRFAwards2025
Together, we continue to pursue justice, truth, and dignity for all, resisting repression and believing in a freer, more humane world. 🌍
@humanrightsfirst.org
#HumanRights #HRFAwards2025
October 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Standing alongside human rights champions from around the world — feeling deep gratitude and renewed resolve.
Together, we continue to pursue justice, truth, and dignity for all, resisting repression and believing in a freer, more humane world. 🌍
@humanrightsfirst.org
#HumanRights #HRFAwards2025
Together, we continue to pursue justice, truth, and dignity for all, resisting repression and believing in a freer, more humane world. 🌍
@humanrightsfirst.org
#HumanRights #HRFAwards2025
"Since the implementation of the state of exception in El Salvador in March 2022, thousands of arbitrary detentions have occurred. Among those detained, various reports have identified individuals arrested for exercising their freedom of expression..."
Read 🔗 www.wola.org/analysis/pol...
Read 🔗 www.wola.org/analysis/pol...
Political Imprisonment in El Salvador and the Dismantling of Democracy - WOLA
What distinguishes today’s political prisoners from those of El Salvador’s past? And what does this reveal about the state of democracy under President Nayibe Bukele? To answer these questions, we mus...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Since the implementation of the state of exception in El Salvador in March 2022, thousands of arbitrary detentions have occurred. Among those detained, various reports have identified individuals arrested for exercising their freedom of expression..."
Read 🔗 www.wola.org/analysis/pol...
Read 🔗 www.wola.org/analysis/pol...
We’re honored to receive the William D. Zabel Human Rights Award from @humanrightsfirst.org .
"No regime of repression can stop what is inherent to us. It never has, and it will not now that our lives and freedoms depend on it". — Noah Bullock
#HumanRights #Cristosal #HRFZabelAward
"No regime of repression can stop what is inherent to us. It never has, and it will not now that our lives and freedoms depend on it". — Noah Bullock
#HumanRights #Cristosal #HRFZabelAward
October 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We’re honored to receive the William D. Zabel Human Rights Award from @humanrightsfirst.org .
"No regime of repression can stop what is inherent to us. It never has, and it will not now that our lives and freedoms depend on it". — Noah Bullock
#HumanRights #Cristosal #HRFZabelAward
"No regime of repression can stop what is inherent to us. It never has, and it will not now that our lives and freedoms depend on it". — Noah Bullock
#HumanRights #Cristosal #HRFZabelAward