The portion of the El Espino estate that the Legislative Assembly approved to transfer for the new Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones (CIFCO) project is not zoned as “developable”—as Nuevas Ideas asserted to justify the property transfer—but is...
After 125 days in El Salvador’s maximum-security prison, the group of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States is due to touch down in Caracas this Friday. The Venezuelan government has confirmed the release of all 252 migrant citizens. “They were kidnapped...
The administration of Nayib Bukele has handed over 252 Venezuelans who had been deported from the United States and were confined in El Salvador’s giant Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) on accusations of belonging to the transnational gang Tren de...
“Today we are handing over every Venezuelan national detained in our country, accused of belonging to the criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TDA). Many of them face multiple counts of murder, robbery, rape, and other serious offenses,” El Salvador’s President Nayib...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) on Thursday deplored the decision to suspend Cristosal’s work inside El Salvador. The organization—one of the country’s most respected voices against corruption and for human rights—said it...
Although the Salvadoran government has satisfied most of the conditions tied to its $1.4 billion loan, a number of commitments are lagging or remain unfulfilled. In its first review of the agreement, the IMF stipulated that the authorities must disclose comprehensive...
