In May 2020, during the height of Covid, El Salvador was under a military-enforced lockdown. At a news conference, I asked President Nayib Bukele a straightforward question about meeting with the business community about reopening the economy. Mr. Bukele bristled and...
In summary: Penal Centers classified information regarding the detention of 250 Venezuelans in El Salvador for a period of seven years. The institution invokes two articles of the Public Information Access Law. A human rights defender argues that this constitutes a...
El Paisnal is one of the districts announced by the Salvadoran government as having gold reserves in the country. However, its communities have expressed their opposition, viewing metal mining as a contamination risk for their water sources. One of these is the...
On World Press Freedom Day, commemorated every May 3, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yesterday presented its 2025 World Press Freedom Index, which reflects a decline in El Salvador in recent years. The country ranks 135th out of 180 countries assessed, falling two...
The rating agency Fitch Ratings forecasts that the Salvadoran economy will slow down this year, projecting Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 2.2%, down from the 2.6% growth recorded in 2024. The projection matches that made by the World Bank and is below the 2.5%...
Bases Magisteriales, one of the sector’s most representative teachers’ unions, accuses authorities at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MINEDUCYT) of “plunging” teachers into a deep crisis characterized by economic...
