This Week on nacla.org: ZEDEs in Honduras, Ecuador Election Recap, Mexico’s Southern Border Enforcement & Blood on Bukele’s Hands in El Salvador

By NACLA
February 18, 2021

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NEW ON NACLA.ORG
	El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Has Blood on His Hands Hilary Goodfriend February 19, 2021 On the eve of legislative and municipal elections in El Salvador, one of the worst acts of political violence since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992 shook the country.
	Power and Spectacle on Mexico’s Southern Border Jorge Choy-Gómez February 18, 2021 Mexico’s show of force when caravans approach the Southern Border obscures the daily reality of immigration deterrence and enforcement.
	A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward Beth Geglia and Andrea Nuila February 15, 2021 The charter of Honduras’s first Economic Development and Employment Zone (ZEDE) reveals implications of the new enclave model for popular sovereignty.
	Two Different Visions of the Left Divide Ecuador in the 2021 Presidential Election Roberta Rice February 13, 2021 Indigenous environmentalist Yaku Pérez and conservative Guillermo Lasso are locked in a vote re-count to determine who will face Andrés Arauz in the secound round in April, posing a challenge to correísmo.