Amid the rollout of two new vaccines into the national immunization schedule, Health Minister Francisco Alabí addressed spending on this front during an interview on Channel 21’s *Diálogo* program. “And here is something worth emphasizing: we have gone...
Championed by Bukele, the law took effect on June 7 after being approved by the Congress, which is dominated by his ruling party. Echoing legislation in Russia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua that restricts NGO activity, it imposes a 30 percent tax on donations these groups...
Several of the Venezuelans who were sent back home from the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador were left with scars on their wrists and ankles. Kneeling with their hands behind their backs or walking crouched down with their hands and feet in...
After it emerged that Judge Joan M. Azrack had unsealed the case against Salvadoran gang member Vladimir Arévalo Chávez, alias “Vampiro de Monserrat,” a leader of the MS-13, a Long Island judge lashed out at U.S. authorities. As quoted by *The New York...
A new civil-coexistence ordinance adopted by the municipal council of San Salvador Centro stiffens the restrictions on street vending and unauthorized businesses. Passed on May 21, 2025, and in force since its official publication on July 16, the measure standardizes...
At least 130 human rights defenders, journalists, and union leaders have been driven from El Salvador since 2020, civil society organizations denounced today during a hearing before the IACHR in which the Salvadoran state refused to participate. The public hearing,...
