As of April 4, 2026, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) has recorded 229 new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country, of which 85% are concentrated in the male population and the remaining 15% in women. The data is available on the website where...
Faced with rising fuel prices, public transport operators are asking the Salvadoran government to establish a $2 to $2.50 cap on diesel, which is used by buses and microbuses, to ease costs that they say currently exceed $0.88. “We know there is an opportunity (to set...
The spokesman for the National Transportation Roundtable, Lucio Vásquez, denounced on Thursday the “uncontrolled” growth of illegal transport in El Salvador, pointing to it as one of the main factors affecting the sustainability of the formal system....
The Salvadoran Water Authority (ASA) issued a new guideline requiring water resource users to implement monitoring systems for water extraction and groundwater level measurement, aiming to strengthen the control and sustainability of the resource in El Salvador. The...
Of the people who have died in state custody under the state of exception, 46.4% were 40 years old or younger, according to a report by Legal Humanitarian Aid (SJH). That is 240 people in that age range, 125 of whom were under 30. Legal Humanitarian Aid also reported...
Sugey Amaya spends most of her nights outside a converted movie theater that is now a holding station for people passing in or out of El Salvador’s crowded prison system. While her mother watches her children, she waits for inmates to be released from the prison...
