Last weekend, human rights organizations reported the deaths of two inmates held at the Izalco Penal Center in Sonsonate. Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid) confirmed that, as of February 8, it had documented the deaths of at least 487 prisoners...
In El Salvador, at a historic moment of assaults on democracy, abuse of power, and human rights violations—where the majority of religious leaders have chosen the whisper of convenience or complicit silence in the face of power—the figure of Mario Vega emerges as a...
At least one in every four employees hired by the Government through 2025 came on board during the Nayib Bukele administration, according to human resources statistics the Ministry of Finance recently published on the Fiscal Transparency portal. According to the...
On the morning of Thursday, May 4, 2023, an Armed Forces sergeant with four years of service at the General Staff (*Estado Mayor*) in San Salvador left his home for a cultural center in the country’s western region. A farmer by trade and taking advantage of his...
The Bitcoin (XBTUSD) crash has hit few places as hard as El Salvador, laying bare the risks of President Nayib Bukele’s high-stakes cryptocurrency gamble and battering the country’s debt markets. Bukele, an ardent proponent who made the token legal tender alongside...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) notes that Donald Trump has ceased to be a rhetorical threat and has evolved into a “predator of press freedom.” At the close of the first year of his second term, the U.S. president is cementing his place on the predator...
