El Salvador inhabits a profound duality: an unprecedented sense of safety on the streets juxtaposed against the rapid erosion of freedoms. The most bewildering aspect of the nation governed by Nayib Bukele is the coexistence of overwhelming popularity and pervasive...
Defense attorneys for former San Salvador mayor Ernesto Muyshondt and former ministers Benito Lara and Arístides Valencia confirmed they will appeal the judgment issued by the Tribunal Primero de Sentencia de San Salvador (First Trial Court of San Salvador). The court...
Cases of Chronic Kidney Disease of Nontraditional Causes (CKDnt), meaning those in which patients have no history of chronic illness, are increasing in El Salvador, according to the Ministerio de Salud’s *Plan estratégico intersectorial para el abordaje integral de la...
“Ruth Eleonora López is the winner of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Lawyer, celebrating her tireless defense of victims of injustice and her pivotal role in the fight against corruption and for accountability in El Salvador,” the Campaña Global...
The layoffs spread like a silent epidemic in 2024. Health-sector union sources estimate that in December of last year alone, there were 200 dismissals at the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (Salvadoran Social Security Institute, ISSS). Those hit hardest were...
This article analyzes the emergence of Nayib Bukele as a political figure in El Salvador from a Marxist materialist perspective. Bukele’s ascent is the result of both the failure of capitalist neoliberalist policies and the lack of a working-class struggle instrument....
