The price of urban basic food staples (CBA) reached $256.70 in April, according to data from the National Office of Statistics and Census (ONEC), an agency of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The amount represents an increase of $9.43 (3.8%) compared to April 2025,...
The number of people who have died in El Salvador’s prisons after being detained under the state of exception, in effect since March 2022, has risen to at least 537, the nongovernmental organization Legal Humanitarian Aid (SJH) reported Wednesday. “The...
Sara gets the weed trimmer ready, holds it in her arms, and after turning it on begins clearing a plot of land behind her house to prepare the soil for planting and other farm work. These are now tasks she does alone, due to the arrest of her son, José Roger Urquía...
The latest report from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), covering the period from May to September, warns that small-scale farmers, primarily those who grow food for their own consumption, have already exhausted their reserves, a situation that...
Jesuit priest, historian, and Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) professor Rodolfo Cardenal leveled a harsh critique against El Salvador’s social reality. The academic stated that the population is going through a deep crisis of values and humanity. His words have...
Ibrajim Bukele posted on X that what matters in a public works project is execution, not securing financing, in reference to the new outpatient building at Rosales Hospital. He cited the 3 de Febrero hydroelectric plant (El Chaparral) as an example of the current...
