Imported cases of measles in El Salvador have risen to 39, after the Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported 12 new infections corresponding to epidemiological week 25, which covers June 15 to 21. According to the epidemiological bulletin, local transmission of the...
Óscar Martínez heads the newsroom of Salvadoran digital outlet El Faro, which — among other investigations — exposed the Nayib Bukele government’s pacts with the gangs. For over a year now, the 43-year-old journalist has been working from exile in Mexico. Just...
Nayib Bukele has no intention of giving up power in El Salvador. The popular and controversial president has registered his pre-candidacy to seek his party’s nomination for the 2027 presidential elections, aiming for a third term in a country where he enjoys...
El Salvador is immersed in a “grave human rights crisis” due to deepening patterns of abuse, arbitrary detentions, deaths in custody, and the dismantling of democratic checks. This is revealed by the 2025 Annual Report: The State of Human Rights in El...
The health of Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, a critic of Nayib Bukele’s government, has deteriorated to the point that her family fears for her life, a sister who visited her for the first time since she was detained a year ago said on Thursday (02.07.2026)....
Members of the Movement of Victims of the Regime (MOVIR), accompanied by the Unit for the Defense of Human and Community Rights of El Salvador (UNIDEHC), held a demonstration on Friday, July 3, 2026, outside the Judicial Center Against Organized Crime in Soyapango to...
