David Mena, an expert in municipal governance, warns that mayors are largely disconnected from citizens’ problems. He believes the country continues to bet on San Salvador while neglecting the rest: “Our territory is not uniformly developed. San Salvador is the giant...
On October 11, 2021, the Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional de El Salvador (Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador) informed the Chief of the General Staff of Mexico’s Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Secretariat of National Defense, SEDENA) that they would...
The Frente Magisterial Salvadoreño (Salvadoran Teachers’ Front), which brings together public sector teachers, expressed its concern on Friday over the appointment of Captain and physician Karla Edith Trigueros as the new Minister of Education, Science, and...
Experts in the field, human rights advocates, and teachers’ unions deemed the appointment of Captain Karla Edith Trigueros as Minister of Education one more step toward the militarization of public education. They noted that her designation comes amid a broader...
Heavy rainfall on the night of Friday, August 15, forced the evacuation of several people from a high-risk area and flooded streets in the district of San Salvador. Comandos de Salvamento (Rescue Commandos) reported that five families were evacuated from the Núñez...
It was a foregone conclusion that Bukele came to power intending to stay. The mechanism was the least of it once the State’s institutional framework had been dismantled. Perhaps the most novel element is the haste to consummate his ambition, which came barely into the...
