Jesús left his home for the Historic Center of San Salvador to shoot videos of tourist sites. On the way, a police officer ordered him to stop and asked for his identification. It seemed routine, but things quickly escalated. Jesús says the officer demanded to know...
The authority of the National Hospital Network to grant service concessions, under Article 3, section g, opens the door to a potential privatization that would jeopardize access to quality public healthcare. Furthermore, Solano Leiva stated that the exemption from the...
The American textile company Fruit of the Loom will shut down operations at one of its plants, as confirmed on Wednesday by the president of the Salvadoran Industrialists Association (ASI), Jorge Arriaza. “It is one of the most important sectors of our economy. It is...
On August 30, President Nayib Bukele and members of his cabinet announced on their social media platforms that the country had reached 1,000 days without reporting a single homicide, from June 1, 2019, through the end of last month. However, criminologist Carlos...
The democratic and institutional dismantling that Central America’s current tyrants are executing requires them to defy their states’ international commitments. These include regional treaties and agreements signed since the 1987 Esquipulas Accords—particularly the...
The organization Cristosal has reported cases of corruption in El Salvador’s prisons linked to the state of exception. Since March 2022, families of detainees have paid exorbitant sums to visit their relatives. The investigation reveals that lawyers serve as...
