Amnesty International (AI) demanded on Sunday the release of Salvadoran lawyer and activist Ruth López, who has been imprisoned since mid-May and is accused of illicit enrichment. AI emphasized that López “is a Salvadoran lawyer who has devoted her life to the...
Arturo Suárez says he was beaten by guards as soon as he arrived at El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison. When he regained consciousness – his glasses smashed – everything was blurred, he says, but he heard the greeting clearly. “Welcome to hell....
The storm that pounded San Salvador on Friday night caused alarm and destruction in several of the capital’s communities, including Tutunichapa 1 and Francisco Núñez Arrué, where multiple families were evacuated and sheltered. The rains intensified to the point...
The Rosales National Hospital (HNR) would be removed from the administration of the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) and placed under the control of a new institution attached to the Presidential Office (CAPRES), according to a bill presented yesterday by the Executive...
El Salvador is undergoing a process of dismantling municipalism and centralizing certain services under the executive branch, which raises the hypothesis that local governments might eventually disappear in favor of a model where regional administrations—whether...
The Special Law for Municipal Restructuring was approved in June 2023, aiming to redraw the entire municipal electoral map. It converted former municipalities into districts, grouping them into larger territories named after their home departments and cardinal...
