The Economic Activity Index (IVAE) published by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) grew 2.3% in February, two points higher than in January when it only reached 0.3%, but one point below February of last year when it exceeded 3.3%. Of the nine activities measured by the...
ALTHOUGH MAY DAY IS A SMALLER HOLIDAY in the United States than abroad—since, for complicated reasons, the U.S. has its Labor Day in September—the trade unions still celebrate May 1 with rallies and gatherings. But this year, in addition to focusing on the...
While thousands of innocent people remain incarcerated in inhumane conditions in the prisons of El Salvador, one of the most recognized gang leaders in the Central American country, Carlos Cartagena López, aka Charli de IVU, was secretly released by the government of...
It wasn’t just the money the United States would pay to house deportees in El Salvador that encouraged the Bukele government to accept such an agreement. He had a specific request: that a group of MS-13 leaders being prosecuted in the U.S. be sent to his...
A group of Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation Thursday that would require the Trump administration to share reports on the steps they are taking to comply with court orders surrounding deportations to El Salvador. The legislation was introduced as a...
Three days after the complete closure of the Pan-American Highway’s Los Chorros section, following another landslide on one of the slopes being worked on by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), authorities have yet to provide further details about...
