The urban basic food basket (CBA) rose by $1.98 in March and reached its highest price in eight months, the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (Onec) reported. The office, a division of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), reports that the urban basket increased...
The Ministry of Economy’s General Directorate of Energy, Hydrocarbons, and Mines (DGEHM) has revised the country’s fuel prices upward, with increases of up to $0.07 across all geographic zones taking effect tomorrow. The new prices will remain in effect for the...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), an entity of the United Nations (UN), updated its economic growth projections for the Latin American continent, including El Salvador. Specifically, according to ECLAC, El Salvador’s Gross...
El Salvador’s imported measles count rose to 13 in recent days after health authorities detected new patients, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) confirmed on the website where it shares some disease surveillance data. According to information published by the...
The number of measles cases in El Salvador rose to 13 following the confirmation of two new infections in the official records of the Ministry of Health (Minsal), which reiterated that all are of imported origin. According to data from the government agency consulted...
Interview by Daniel Finn El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has become a poster boy of the international far right and a key ally of the Trump administration, offering his country’s prison system as a MAGA labor camp. We spoke to journalist Hilary Goodfriend about...
