Amnesty International urged the government of El Salvador to immediately comply with the precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for Ruth López and Enrique Anaya, who are detained under conditions that jeopardize their...
In El Salvador, the criminal justice system is wielded “as a weapon to punish those who defend human rights,” Amnesty International (AI) asserts after scrutinizing the country’s judicial apparatus and recent rulings against defenders and government...
The pension deficit and its corresponding debt are a “time bomb” for El Salvador, two analysts agreed during a television interview on Wednesday. El Salvador is on the cusp of a new pension reform recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under...
The Legislative Assembly approved, with 57 votes from Nuevas Ideas, PDC, and PCN, in Wednesday’s plenary session, the 43rd extension of the state of exception. As it does each month, the body fast-tracked the approval. Although the measure was instituted three years...
The draft General State Budget for 2026 amounts to $10,555.6 million, Finance Minister Jerson Posada said as he submitted the document to the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. That figure is $892 million higher than the current year’s $9,663 million. Posada asserted...
Reporting Highlights A Useful Friendship: A previously undisclosed report alleges Salvadoran President Bukele asked Trump’s ambassador to dismiss an embassy contractor helping U.S. agents investigate top aides. Elevated Status: Ambassador Ronald Johnson played a key...
