Along with the transfer of $25 million in resources to the Institute for the Administration of Benefits for Veterans and Ex-Combatants (INABVE) — so that it can take over care for persons with disabilities and older adults — the institute will also assume...
Patrice Taddonio The Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says President Nayib Bukele’s government has frozen the personal assets of two of its shareholders in retaliation for its reporting. “These are not fiscal measures,” El Faro editor-in-chief Carlos Dada, who along...
Manu Ureste and Olivia Zerón For Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez, the matter is clear and admits no half measures. In Bukele, the Naked King, his most recent book, he lays it out from the very first line as a warning: “Let’s not beat around the bush:...
El Salvador ended 2025 with the launch of the DoctorSV digital app, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to provide free basic medical care to people between 18 and 30 years old. The initiative, promoted by President Nayib Bukele, was announced as a novel...
Mario Vega After Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged at the Flossenbürg concentration camp, his body was taken to the crematorium along with those of others executed that same day. He had no grave, no epitaph. His ashes remained nameless, mixed with those of other victims...
The practice of journalism in Central America came under pressure again this week, after media outlets in El Salvador and Costa Rica denounced measures they consider restrictive to their reporting work. In both cases, the actions came from state authorities and have...
