One million Salvadorans—equivalent to approximately 15.4 percent of the country’s total population—faced severe food insecurity in El Salvador between 2022 and 2024. This means many families ran out of food, went hungry, and, in critical cases, went several days...
This first monitoring report on the agreement with the IMF finds that the Salvadoran government is delayed on, or in breach of, most of its pledges, particularly on fiscal transparency, anti-corruption efforts, public procurement, and Bitcoin management. So reports...
Freedom of expression terrifies authoritarian power, but not because it gives voice to novel, disruptive, or dangerous ideas. The regime does not silence complaints that offer valuable insights into what ought to be corrected or which official should be dismissed, but...
In #Bukele’s “Cool” country, where gangs supposedly no longer exist, Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro has decided to declare war on a new enemy: an eleven-year-old boy. Yes, a boy. Not a hitman, not a high-ranking gang leader released by Bukele,...
The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) has requested a review of the viaduct design on the Los Chorros highway, a project underway since 2024. October 14 was the deadline for submitting bids in a procurement process for structural engineering...
The ports of El Salvador and Nicaragua handled the least cargo in the region in 2024, accounting for a combined 7% of Central America’s total, according to a report from the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (Secretaría de Integración...
