Fifteen years ago almost nobody had heard of Bitcoin. Now it’s a frequent topic of global debate – nowhere more than in the tiny Central American nation of El Salvador: the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele made...
I. The Deception They are going to rebuild it soon. They are going to make it beautiful. Those were the words Esmeralda Ramos heard that August morning in 2023 when the principal informed them that the Caserío El Amatillo School, located in central Santa Ana, would be...
El Salvador is, once again, under a dictatorship. It has become evident that the government of Nayib Bukele has revived the weaponization of state institutions for his personal benefit and the political persecution of those who do not align with his interests and...
Though not yet over, 2025 is a watershed year in El Salvador’s recent democratic era. More than thirty years after the signing of the Peace Accords, individuals and institutions once again face persecution for their ideas, for defending basic human rights, or...
The National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewerage (ANDA) has declared all information related to the repair of a 48-inch pipeline in the Northern Zone System under seal, an incident that caused water shortages across much of greater San Salvador in mid-September....
Inclusive language has been banned in the country’s public schools, as announced on Thursday by the head of the Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education, MINED), Captain Karla Trigueros, in a memorandum addressed to teachers, principals, teaching career...
