Salvadoran writer Horacio Castellanos Moya believes his country has become “an authoritarian regime” similar to those of the 1960s and 70s, when the military ruled El Salvador, as he describes in his latest novel, ‘Cornamenta’. In an interview with EFE in...
Bianka Rodríguez took three years to change her name and official sex marker in El Salvador. She achieved this in December 2022, in a process she describes as costly and revictimizing. It was also a strategic and collective process, she explains, because Rodríguez is...
The Medical Association of El Salvador (Colmedes) called on government authorities to provide clear and updated information on the cases of myiasis detected in humans in recent weeks. The demand stems from concern over the handling of a disease that had been...
The Inter American Press Association (Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, SIP), Reporters Without Borders (Reporteros Sin Fronteras, RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (Comité de Protección a Periodistas, CPJ), WAN-IFRA, and more than a dozen other...
In recent years, Salvadoran real estate prices have increased to levels never seen before, primarily due to improved security – safer streets have made the country’s real estate more attractive. However, the rise in property value has left many locals behind....
How did a political figure like Bukele emerge? –Bukele emerged as a result of the frustration stemming from the high expectations the population had for broader transformations in El Salvador, which the two FMLN governments failed to resolve. This figure, using...
