El Salvador’s students now face daily checks for short haircuts and neat uniforms — as well as weekly “Civic Monday” drills. The inspections were mandated by the country’s new minister of education, a military captain. Public schools across El...
With a military-trained physician at the helm of the Ministry of Education, President Nayib Bukele is seeking a radical overhaul of education in El Salvador, imposing rules meant to instill order among students, such as attending school in clean uniforms and with an...
El Salvador has increasingly turned to international policing mechanisms to extend its anti-gang campaign beyond its borders since President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency in March 2022, a new InSight Crime report has revealed. As a result, the country has...
Schools will receive $300 to purchase flags, white gloves, and other necessities for implementing the civic ceremonies, which must be held every Monday beginning September 1. Memorandum No. 05-2025, issued by Minister of Education Karla Trigueros to school principals...
The United States is the destination for more than 30% of what El Salvador exports and is its largest trading partner, with sales ranging from textile items (socks, knit T-shirts, sweaters, pantyhose) to electrical capacitors, sugar, and many other goods, as well as...
“We anticipate that the solidarity fund of the defined-contribution pension system will exhaust its reserves within our forecast horizon,” states the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P Global) in its latest report on El Salvador, which updated the...
