Since 2021, President Nayib Bukele has tightened control over El Salvador’s cultural sphere, reshaping it into a vehicle for state propaganda. Mass firings, restrictive laws, and new bureaucracies such as the RAEX registry have silenced dissenting artists and organizations. What began as a modernization drive has evolved into a system where art serves authority—and creative freedom depends on political loyalty
Artistic freedom in Venezuela is under siege. Since the disputed 2024 election, artists, curators, and cultural workers have faced escalating censorship, detentions, and intimidation. Musicians are banned, exhibitions shut down, and human rights advocates criminalized under vague “anti-hate” laws. As the government tightens control, Venezuela’s creative community continues to resist, documenting truth and dissent despite fear and exile.
