On Monday night, Minister of Education Karla Edith Trigueros ordered the immediate dismissal of the director and deputy director of the Instituto Técnico Industrial (Industrial Technical Institute, INTI), a public technical high school in San Salvador. The official...
If there was one thing Melany Raquel Chavarría Mancía knew for sure in life, it was that she wanted to become a healthcare professional. For the last three years, she had worked toward that goal, balancing her studies with a job. She has been supported by her mother,...
The lights came on Monday night on the top level of the new Mercado San Miguelito building, in the capital’s namesake San Miguelito neighborhood. According to vendors, President Nayib Bukele attended and entered the building, although the social media accounts of Casa...
It is no surprise that Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, wants to export the procedures that made him a leading figure among governments that embrace authoritarianism. Bukele is now targeting schools just as he did with prisons, under the banner of...
El Salvador lawmakers’ July 31 approval of a constitutional amendment ending presidential term limits was the latest action in a years-long process to dismantle the rule of law. The international community—paying deference to President Nayib Bukele’s high...
Introduction On 31 July 2025, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a constitutional amendment allowing indefinite presidential re-election with 57 votes in favour and three opposed. The reform paves the way for incumbent President Nayib Bukele to run for a...
