The Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party presented Mayteé Iraheta and Verónica Henríquez on Sunday, July 26, as its precandidate ticket for the presidency and vice presidency of the Republic, respectively, ahead of the 2027 elections. The official...
Executive Summary This report compares the findings of two independent investigations—the GIPES report (March 2026) and the Amnesty International report (July 2026)—on the possible commission of crimes against humanity in El Salvador during the state of exception, in...
Police officers interviewed by the organization Amnesty International said that in March 2022 they received orders to use a registry called the “profiling database,” which contained data on people classified as “gang members” dating back to...
The United States imposed a 10% tariff on El Salvador, a measure linked to “insufficient efforts to combat forced labor.” On Thursday, the U.S. administration announced new tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries and economies,...
More than 850,000 micro and small businesses operating informally or semi-informally keep part of their operations running with money obtained through loans from loan sharks — a practice that moves around $1.25 billion a year and far exceeds the size of the loan...
Urban basic food staples rose again in June, reaching $259.95, their highest price since August 2024, when they stood at $259.97, according to data from the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (ONEC). Urban basic food staples have now risen for six consecutive...
