The Salvadoran state has committed crimes against humanity since 2022, according to an investigation presented to the United Nations by the International Group of Experts for the Investigation of Human Rights Violations under the State of Exception in El Salvador...
The United Nations office stated on Tuesday that changes to the Constitution of the Republic allowing life imprisonment for minors in El Salvador contravene the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and called on the government to “promptly” review the...
Democrat James P. McGovern, along with 27 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter on April 1, 2026, to two senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration, requesting information about individuals sent on deportation flights...
Cristian Díaz Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared that there are 33,000 “innocent prisoners” in El Salvador in what he called “concentration camps” where they suffer “human rights violations, many want revenge.” He made his...
Claudia Espinoza The Central Reserve Bank (BCR) published the 2025 Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM), which records that 1.5 million Salvadorans lived in poverty during that year. “In 2025, at the national level, 22.5% of households are in poverty, with 24.8% in...
By Karen Molina The Salvadoran government added another $293.7 million to the total debt in the first two months of the year, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). As of February, total debt stands at $34,100.8 million, up from the $33,807.1 million...
