“My mother has suffered from epilepsy since she was 18. She was under care at the Social Security Institute; this year her medication was changed because, given her age, her system needed to be cleared. In recent weeks she had an accident triggered by a seizure; she...
The Movement of Dismissed Workers (MTD) and the Health Workers Union (SITRASALUD) warned on Tuesday that they fear the Salvadoran government will continue to eliminate positions for the remainder of this year and into the next. According to the organizations, the...
The Ministry of National Defense (MDN) is set to double its 2026 budget compared to 2019, with requests rising from $145,196,252 to $334,596,852—a 130% increase. This would be the agency’s largest budget since its inception, a move that, according to an expert...
An elderly couple made their way slowly along 1ª Calle Poniente on the morning of Monday, October 6. He is an orthopedics patient who walks with difficulty, leaning on a cane. The pair walked several blocks, from 25th to 35th Avenida Norte in San Salvador, to retrieve...
The current expenditures projected by the Government of El Salvador for 2026 will outpace the growth in current revenues, as revealed by the budget draft for the coming year, which is already before the Legislative Assembly. Three economists told this outlet that...
Salvadoran activist Ruth López, a vocal critic of President Nayib Bukele’s government who has been detained since May 18, remains “completely incommunicado,” and “neither her family nor her attorneys have been able to see her,” attorney...
