For the second time, school supply suppliers gathered at Casa Presidencial and the offices of the Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education, MINED) to demand that authorities honor their already-awarded contracts and not exclude them from the 2026 delivery....
At least 448 people in custody have died during the 44 months the state of exception has been in force in El Salvador. Those 448 deaths, documented between April 2022 and October 2025 by Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid, SJH), were shared with LA...
In August, the Salvadoran National Assembly approved a series of constitutional reforms extending president Nayib Bukele’s term from five to six years and allowing for indefinite reelection. In response, the U.S. State Department issued a statement rejecting...
In El Salvador, feminism has been driven underground and is literally a dirty word in schools. No student could name this newspaper section because it would be forbidden, just like swearing or discussing climate change, according to the Style and Writing Manual of the...
On the occasion of Salvadoran Trade Unionist Day, the Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Salvadoreños (National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers, CNTS) issued a statement warning of severe setbacks in labor and union rights under the current administration. The...
Individuals arrested under the state of exception have begun to be consolidated in the various Organized Crime Courts, according to a judicial order obtained by LA PRENSA GRÁFICA. According to this document, issued mid-year by an Organized Crime Court, it authorizes...
