Women journalists say they are increasingly facing gender-based harassment, trolling, and digital violence from the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which critics say has driven dozens of journalists into exile.
Over the past five years, El Salvador has dropped 61 places in the Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) press freedom index, now ranking 112th out of 180 countries. Journalists at prominent newspaper El Faro have reportedly faced arrest for investigating Bukele's former ties with violent gangs, while media organizations who receive funding from abroad must now register themselves as "foreign agents" and pay a 30% tax.
