Unions, social organizations, and various civic groups participated Friday in marches marking International Workers’ Day in San Salvador, setting out from Plaza Divino Salvador del Mundo and Cuscatlán Park. The marches moved along major thoroughfares including...
Dear friends: Bukele took over ANEP and nobody’s saying a word. At the very least, we should say goodbye to an association with such a grand tradition. So here’s an obituary. Once upon a time, there was a very powerful and combative association called...
During the months Dietrich Bonhoeffer spent in prison, he earned the trust of some guards and several inmates through his pastoral work: he encouraged other prisoners, comforted those condemned to death, and helped during the bombings. Some guards began to respect him...
The X account Desaparecidos SOS El Salvador reported the discovery of three dead bodies since Thursday, April 23. The bodies were found in different parts of the country. The first reported death was a man found at the overpass where the Troncal del Norte highway...
El Salvador’s trade balance deficit registered a 7.9% increase in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $2,769.8 million, according to figures from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The increase represents $203.2 million more compared to the same period the previous...
By Matt Bernardini After a global scandal over its use of the notorious Pegasus spyware to target journalists and activists, the Presidential office of Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador secretly sought to acquire alternative spyware through a shadowy international deal...
