Police officers interviewed by the organization Amnesty International said that in March 2022 they received orders to use a registry called the “profiling database,” which contained data on people classified as “gang members” dating back to...
The United States imposed a 10% tariff on El Salvador, a measure linked to “insufficient efforts to combat forced labor.” On Thursday, the U.S. administration announced new tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries and economies,...
More than 850,000 micro and small businesses operating informally or semi-informally keep part of their operations running with money obtained through loans from loan sharks — a practice that moves around $1.25 billion a year and far exceeds the size of the loan...
Urban basic food staples rose again in June, reaching $259.95, their highest price since August 2024, when they stood at $259.97, according to data from the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (ONEC). Urban basic food staples have now risen for six consecutive...
The Third Court of Instruction of San Salvador ordered former Banco de Desarrollo El Salvador (BANDESAL) president Juan Pablo Durán Escobar to stand trial on charges of improper bribery and illicit dealings, and maintained his detention as a precautionary measure....
The cases of the Salvadorans who have been recruited under false pretenses to fight in the war between Russia and Ukraine are not the only ones in the region, as in Panama, relatives of at least eight young men from the province of Chiriquí reported that they were...
