The U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) published an article stating that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is bailing out El Salvador from a difficult fiscal situation, hence it recommends “not being lenient” on the cryptocurrency...
The Salvadoran government has announced a Foreign Agents Law. This is not a new initiative. In 2021, the same bill was presented to the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly); the parliamentary committee approved an opinion, but pressure from international...
The National Civil Police arrested Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro, a lawyer and the legal director of Cristosal, on Sunday night. The Attorney General’s Office published a tweet confirming the administrative detention order against López, who is accused of...
“Have some decency, this will end one day. You can’t lend yourselves to this,” lawyer Ruth López told the police officers who came to arrest her at her home this Sunday, around 11 p.m., according to a recording of the moment of arrest to which El Diario de Hoy...
The head of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit, Ruth Eleonora López, was arrested Sunday night, according to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) via its X account, accused of embezzlement. The institution accuses her of allegedly collaborating in...
International organizations and bodies reported early Monday morning the arrest of lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, head of anti-corruption and justice for the association Cristosal (Cristosal), and one of the critical voices against Nayib Bukele’s government. In a...
