In Reyes’s view, the current management of the PNC is designed to force its collapse or weaken it to the point of dissolution, in order to assign public security duties to another government body, such as the army. He made these statements on August 21, 2025, in an...
Authoritarianism is advancing at breakneck speed in the country, and, predictably, as it has escalated, fear among the population has grown. For many people, that is the price to pay for security, a vital good denied to them for decades. They know rights are being...
Public transport operators said that the extension of the transitional law to stabilize public transportation fares, approved by lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly last Tuesday, deepens their financial crisis, as they can no longer cover operating costs. This...
The head of the Ministry of Education (MINED), Karla Trigueros, published a new memorandum on her social media accounts this Thursday, addressed to teachers and principals of the country’s public schools, stating that, as of September 1, “lunes cívicos” (Civic...
María’s finances no longer allow her to purchase packages of basic supplies or food and take them to the Centro Penal de Izalco (Izalco Prison) in Sonsonate, where her two sons and a brother are held under the state of exception. As a result, this August she will be...
The Trump administration in the United States has become President Nayib Bukele’s principal international shield, backing a recent constitutional reform that enables indefinite presidential reelection and dismissing allegations of human rights violations in El...
