The Salvadoran state has committed crimes against humanity since 2022, according to an investigation presented to the United Nations by the International Group of Experts for the Investigation of Human Rights Violations under the State of Exception in El Salvador...
Democrat James P. McGovern, along with 27 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter on April 1, 2026, to two senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration, requesting information about individuals sent on deportation flights...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared that there are 33,000 “innocent prisoners” in El Salvador in what he called “concentration camps” where they suffer “human rights violations, many want revenge.” He made his stance known...
The Central Reserve Bank (BCR) published the 2025 Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM), which records that 1.5 million Salvadorans lived in poverty during that year. “In 2025, at the national level, 22.5% of households are in poverty, with 24.8% in rural areas and...
The Salvadoran government added another $293.7 million to the total debt in the first two months of the year, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). As of February, total debt stands at $34,100.8 million, up from the $33,807.1 million it closed at in...
The recent publication of the Multi-Purpose Household Survey (EHPM) conducted during 2025 by the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (ONEC) offers clues about the different economic characteristics of the Salvadoran population, including wages. In figures, the...
