A new Public-Private Partnerships Law introduced by the government in the Legislative Assembly will open the door for private companies to provide health, education, and water resource services, sectors that currently cannot be handed over under this type of...
The high cost of food is a complex phenomenon that does not affect Salvadoran households equally. While the vast majority recognize and feel the price increases of recent years, there are population groups that simply lack the economic capacity to afford the basic...
El Salvador remains on epidemiological alert for measles after authorities confirmed 11 cases and placed more than 200 people under observation for a 21-day period. According to the March 2026 bulletin from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 574 suspected...
The Movement of Dismissed Workers (MTD) denounced the political persecution of working-class rights defenders in El Salvador. They assert that since the implementation of the state of exception in 2022, 19 union leaders have been criminalized and four union members...
Several agencies, including the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the UN, have already forecast that 2026 will be under the influence of the El Niño phenomenon, which would trigger an extended drought with direct effects on the...
Residents of various communities in the department of La Unión have denounced alleged violations of their right to land and housing, accusing the Salvadoran Institute for Agrarian Transformation (ISTA) of demanding payments for land they have inhabited for decades,...
