Natalia Raquel Bernal Gómez, a 21-year-old woman, was reported missing by her family on Friday, September 5, 2025. Her decomposing body was found four days later, on September 9, in Nuevo Cuscatlán, a district of La Libertad Este. Relatives of the victim stated they...
The Salvadoran Journalists Association (Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador, APES) will relocate its legal personality abroad after facing multiple restrictions and threats that have curtailed its ability to operate within El Salvador’s civic space, the...
The Legislative Assembly approved reforms to the Health Code and the Law of the Superior Council of Public Health (CSSP) that remove medical oversight boards from the authorization process for private health services. With this measure, the Executive branch aims to...
The Sindicato de Médicos Trabajadores del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (Union of Physician Employees of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute, SIMETRISSS) said that shortages persist in some of the institution’s hospitals and medical units, including...
The budget for the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MINEDUCYT) will be cut by $15.8 million next year, despite claims of a funding boost by the Minister of Finance during the presentation of the proposed 2026 budget. Finance Minister Jerson Posada...
A Salvadoran court on Tuesday sentenced two former ministers from the administration of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén—of the former guerrilla Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)—to 28 years in prison for electoral fraud and illicit associations for...
