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The illegal attack by the US and Israel in Iran and Lebanon, and the deepening conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has become the ultimate escalation of the economy of war and a new threat to the rule of law. The war is causing massive destruction, claiming thousands of civilian lives, and putting countless more at risk. Even as the genocidal violence in Palestine continues, this new war is a profound breach of international law and an escalation of imperialist foreign policy by the US and Israel.

The announcement by Nayib Bukele to reactivate mining in El Salvador marks a dangerous shift that deepens patterns of environmental harm, dispossession, and violence, raising alarm among communities and environmental defenders. In this context, the agroecological production project of MUFRAS-32 in San Isidro was deliberately attacked and set on fire, destroying infrastructure, crops, and irrigation systems that had sustained community work for decades. Local activists point to this attack as part of a broader pattern of escalating pressure linked to government interests in reopening mining operations in the region.

From April 14 to 17, 2026, as governments, financial institutions, and policymakers convene in Washington, D.C. for the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings, civil society is mobilizing. The Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) will bring together activists, researchers, and advocates from across the world at a critical moment. Behind the technical language of debt, tax, and macroeconomic policy lies what is truly at stake: the future of human rights, inequality, and climate justice.