Wendy Alfaro, a former Santa Tecla councilwoman and lawmaker candidate for the Vamos party, was forced into exile two weeks ago due to harassment, the political party denounced at a press conference on Monday. Alfaro, who served until this month as the party’s...
The Vamos party announced at a press conference on Monday that Wendy Alfaro, its national organization secretary and also its representative before the Electoral Oversight Board (JVE), has left the country as a precautionary measure after detecting an escalation in...
A person who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first human case of the New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in the United States. The patient, a resident of Maryland, had recently returned from a trip to El Salvador, the health agency...
The Ministry of Education (MINED) acknowledged in its 2024-2025 activity report that delays in payments to construction companies have hindered progress on school construction and infrastructure improvement programs. On page 162 of the document submitted to the...
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, complained to his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, after Chaves’s representative to the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), Alberto Franco, refused to approve funding. The economist stated this in...
