February 4, 2024. Although the polling stations have just closed and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal has not released results, Bukele has stepped out onto the balcony of the National Palace and, in his exaggerated and grandiloquent fashion, proclaimed himself the...
Saúl Méndez Contributor The Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (APES) (Salvadoran Journalists Association) has stated that the closure of official information sources is absolute, plunging community radio stations into a critical information vacuum. According to...
Four community radio stations affiliated with the Asociación de Radiodifusión Participativa de El Salvador (Participatory Broadcasting Association of El Salvador, ARPAS) are in the process of closing, according to a report presented Friday by the Asociación de...
The president of the Legislative Assembly, Ernesto Castro, in an interview with the pro-government Diario El Salvador, touted budgetary austerity in the first branch of government. “Castro explained that previously around 1,000 positions were being paid for...
On February 2, Radio YSUCA reported the life-threatening situation facing a kidney patient from Cojutepeque who was unable to access dialysis at Hospital Nacional Zacamil in San Salvador. The patient required the procedure every eight days; however, staff at Hospital...
The government of President Nayib Bukele continued to remove checks on executive power and increased its repression of human rights defenders and critics. In July, the Legislative Assembly, controlled by the ruling party, amended the Constitution to remove...