Juan José feared approaching his cellmate in the Izalco Prison in El Salvador. The screams of the other inmate terrified him. And the worst part, he says, is that the screams didn’t stop for days: the man complained of pain in his stomach and lower abdomen,...
The international network Univision clarified to the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, that his country is not the safest in Latin America, but ranks 15th in international indices. In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Bukele...
Public officials allegedly use their positions to engage in early propaganda campaigning, as electoral expert Ruth Eleonora López acknowledged. “It is evident how officials violate Article 218 of the Constitution and the Electoral Code,” López stated to El...
Following the announcement that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $100 million loan for the government of El Salvador for the program “Responsive Social Protection to Shocks in El Salvador,” some opposition politicians point out that it...
The Movement of Dismissed Workers (MTP), stated that the dismissals have been “arbitrary” and have left thousands of families without daily sustenance. They pointed out that the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office (PDDH) has not attended to the...
“Honestly, I don’t understand the purpose of this strategy, although in general it is good to open relations with as many countries as possible. That said, the Bukele government’s strategies are short term and are defined as simple transactions. I...
