The Salvadoran justice system, under the control of President Nayib Bukele, has launched a series of mass trials against more than 80,000 people detained since the implementation of the state of exception in March 2022. This Friday, a San Salvador court initiated the...
Pope Leo XIV laments, in his message for this year’s World Day of Peace, the frequency with which faith is “dragged” into political combat. Faith is wielded to bless nationalism and to provide religious justification for violence and armed struggle....
The Asociación Nacional de Usuarios del Sistema de Salud Pública y del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (National Association of Users of the Public Health System and the Salvadoran Social Security Institute — ANUSAL) expressed deep concern over the crisis...
The X account (formerly Twitter) Desaparecidos S.O.S El Salvador has reported at least eight deceased individuals found at various locations across the country during January 2026. One of the first cases was reported on January 5, when a body was discovered in a...
On January 21, roughly one hundred workers fired from the Rosales National Hospital gathered outside the Legislative Assembly to demand their severance pay after being terminated on December 23, 2025. A delegation of the dismissed workers entered the legislative...
Former employees of Hospital Nacional Rosales, dismissed last year through irregular procedures, told YSUCA that they received verbal notice of their terminations upon being summoned to Hospital Central, without being issued any official documentation. Madai Santos, a...
