Civil society organizations sounded the alarm on Friday, July 11, over human rights defenders and journalists who have been compelled to leave El Salvador after enduring harassment by the Policía Nacional Civil (Police, PNC) and learning of operations to capture them....
Juan Alberto Ortiz Hernández is no longer president of the Instituto Administrador de los Beneficios de los Veteranos y Excombatientes (Institute for the Administration of Benefits for Veterans and Former Combatants, or INABVE), and his post has been filled since...
The appropriation earmarked for the Ministry of Health for 2025 ($1,170.4 million) represents a $90.8 million cut from the 2024 allocation. This reduction also includes laying off thousands of healthcare workers. According to the Health Workers’ Union...
For the U.S. government, sending deportees accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador fits with President Trump’s promise to aggressively deport undocumented migrants and to crack down on crime. For El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, the rewards...
José (a pseudonym used to protect his identity) had just turned fourteen when he was arrested with several schoolmates on suspicion of belonging to a gang during the state of exception. That occurred in February 2024. One month later, while in pre-trial detention, two...
El Salvador’s public health system is grappling with a profound crisis marked by inadequate coverage, substandard care, shortages of medical supplies, and an opaque health policy that undermines both medical staff and the general population, according to medical...
