The Second Examining Court of Santa Tecla held a special hearing this Wednesday regarding attorney Alejandro Henríquez and pastor José Ángel Pérez. Both men had been detained since last May after participating in a protest to prevent evictions at the El Bosque...
Environmental lawyer Alejandro Henríquez and Pastor José Ángel Pérez, president of the Cooperativa El Bosque (El Bosque Cooperative), regained their freedom after spending seven months in pretrial detention for crimes they did not commit. Their release was neither an...
The Asamblea Legislativa, controlled by Nayib Bukele’s party, removed the constitutional safeguard that guaranteed the economic independence of the Judicial Branch, which previously secured no less than 6 percent of the state’s current revenues annually. With votes...
The Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones (General Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications, SIGET) has selected Liberty Networks as the provider to design, build, deploy, and operate El Salvador’s first international...
The “security miracle” has not translated into economic prosperity, as the country posts the region’s bleakest GDP forecasts and the basic food basket becomes unaffordable for thousands of families. San Salvador, December 15, 2025. — Despite government rhetoric...
As is customary, President Nayib Bukele’s address to his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, focused on the significant reduction in homicides during his administration and on how El Salvador can guide Costa Rica in its battle against criminality. However, it is...
