Editor’s note: El País gives conflicting estimates in this article. The government’s October 16 clarification, as reported by Diario El Mundo, referred to approximately half of the 10,629 people under review, about 5,000 potential beneficiaries. The original source...
77.2% of Salvadoran households, representing more than 1.48 million families, live in deficient conditions, reveals a document prepared by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) that draws on data from the VII Population and VI Housing Census 2024 and the Multipurpose...
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) awarded the contract for the second supply of airline tickets for official missions related to activities of the electoral process for the elections of February 28, 2027. The expected duration of the contract is 365 days. The...
The recognition of $2,300 million in accrued unpaid interest of the pension system will cause El Salvador’s public debt to jump by 5.6 percentage points of 2027 gross domestic product (GDP), according to estimates by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The...
By Kevin Sieff Ana paced near the arrivals terminal of the San Salvador airport, eyeing the door where deportees from the United States are released. She was there on a sweltering day in May to pick up her son, who had been detained in Texas and deported. She would...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a third dengue death so far in 2026, amid a run of medical visits for clinically suspected cases that once again set a new high during the third week of September. According to official statistics for epidemiological week 37...
