Students at the Western Multidisciplinary Faculty of the University of El Salvador (UES) in Santa Ana, particularly those in the medical program, have voiced frustration and concern over cramped classrooms. With enrollments exceeding room capacities, many are forced...
El Salvador, the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world and more than 3,000 complaints of human rights violations during the state of exception, is hosting the first Global Summit on Human Rights, an event organized beginning this Wednesday by the...
Families belonging to the Movement of Victims of the State of Exception (MOVIR) who were denouncing human rights violations in El Salvador attempted to deliver a letter to Ombudsman Raquel Caballero de Guevara, as well as to various international delegations attending...
Jesús left his home for the Historic Center of San Salvador to shoot videos of tourist sites. On the way, a police officer ordered him to stop and asked for his identification. It seemed routine, but things quickly escalated. Jesús says the officer demanded to know...
The authority of the National Hospital Network to grant service concessions, under Article 3, section g, opens the door to a potential privatization that would jeopardize access to quality public healthcare. Furthermore, Solano Leiva stated that the exemption from the...
The American textile company Fruit of the Loom will shut down operations at one of its plants, as confirmed on Wednesday by the president of the Salvadoran Industrialists Association (ASI), Jorge Arriaza. “It is one of the most important sectors of our economy. It is...
