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 on Wednesday. “The...
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has modified its electoral planning for a second time because of reforms the Legislative Assembly approved to the election rules. Members of the Electoral Oversight Board (JVE) warn that the changes, less than a year before the...
The Nuevas Ideas party announced the call for registration of pre-candidates seeking to compete in its internal elections ahead of the 2027 elections, and included a clarification aimed at those aspiring to serve as lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly, stating that,...
ARENA lawmaker Francisco Lira, representing the department of La Libertad, questioned the handling of resources originally earmarked for hospital infrastructure construction and modernization in El Salvador, while criticizing the government’s lack of...
The San Salvador Centro City Hall said Wednesday that the municipality’s rivers, ravines, and drains are accumulating more than 16,000 tons of solid waste a year — a figure that, according to the municipality, is equivalent to filling the Cuscatlán or Jorge “El...
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...
