With less than two months before Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans expires (September 9, 2026), a group of 80 members of the U.S. Congress asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the benefit and prevent some 200,000 migrants from...
The Ministry of Health (MINSAL) confirmed the first dengue death of the year, but the institution did not specify the victim’s age or place of origin. The institution recently updated its epidemiological data through week 26 (covering June 28 to July 4), which...
Words and Photos by Camilo Freedman in San Salvador From the village of Copapayo, Noel Avalos recalls the morning they ran to the shore of Lake Suchitlán, El Salvador’s main hydroelectric reservoir, also known as Cerrón Grande, and its largest body of freshwater, to...
When her six-year-old granddaughter, Keila Aguilar, asks her for the fourth time to dance with her to the rhythm of her YouTube idol, 51-year-old María Lidia Lemus sighs deeply, summons the last of the day’s energy, and agrees. After a few steps in her home in...
The Nuevas Ideas script played out without surprises. In the internal election, designed for a single precandidacy and without data open to the public or its members, the ruling party ratified Nayib Bukele and his running mate, Félix Ulloa, on July 12 to run for a...
APOPA, El Salvador – For large segments of the Salvadoran population, access to safe drinking water, in adequate quality and quantity, remains an aspiration that collides with decades of inefficient resource management and free-market policies that generate even more...