It was pure chance that Óscar Martínez found himself in Madrid in February 2024. The Salvadoran reporter was making a brief stopover in Spain en route to a literary festival in Norway to which he had been invited. As is his habit when passing through the capital, he...
Dear Shakira: Thank you. During a week and five concerts in El Salvador, you did not allow a single leading figure of the dictatorship to take a selfie with you. You declined the multiple invitations to the Presidential House that reached you from various quarters....
Last year, the Salvadoran government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement, providing up to $1.4 billion in financial assistance to support the consolidation of public finances. This arrangement was contingent upon...
The Legislative Assembly contracted event production and catering services for $98,000 for a Christmas event in December 2025, according to the awards registry on the COMPRASAL procurement portal. The signed contracts were requested through public information access...
We asked for nominations from the public and OCCRP editors chose two winners out of more than 130 names that were submitted. In a world of increasingly audacious illicit activity, these Heroes are spearheading the fight for integrity, accountability, and justice. Ruth...
By Daniel Zovatto, director and editor of Radar Latam 360 The problem with the so-called “Bukele Model” is that beyond the allure generated by its brand of “punitive populism,” the model is not easily exportable without simultaneously...
