In El Salvador, protesters took to the streets Monday to demand the release of activists and human rights defenders jailed by President Nayib Bukele, a staunch ally of President Trump. The protests came as El Salvador marked its 204th Independence Day celebrations. This is opposition lawmaker Claudia Ortiz.

Claudia Ortiz: “El Salvador is on the path to an authoritarian system, an authoritarian system where the state is more important than the individual. And that should not be the case. The state exists to serve the individual, their dignity and their freedom. The state must provide legal certainty. But in El Salvador, the opposite is true.”