El Salvador is undergoing a process of dismantling municipalism and centralizing certain services under the executive branch, which raises the hypothesis that local governments might eventually disappear in favor of a model where regional administrations—whether...
The Special Law for Municipal Restructuring was approved in June 2023, aiming to redraw the entire municipal electoral map. It converted former municipalities into districts, grouping them into larger territories named after their home departments and cardinal...
David Mena, an expert in municipal governance, warns that mayors are largely disconnected from citizens’ problems. He believes the country continues to bet on San Salvador while neglecting the rest: “Our territory is not uniformly developed. San Salvador is the giant...
On October 11, 2021, the Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional de El Salvador (Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador) informed the Chief of the General Staff of Mexico’s Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Secretariat of National Defense, SEDENA) that they would...
The Frente Magisterial Salvadoreño (Salvadoran Teachers’ Front), which brings together public sector teachers, expressed its concern on Friday over the appointment of Captain and physician Karla Edith Trigueros as the new Minister of Education, Science, and...
Experts in the field, human rights advocates, and teachers’ unions deemed the appointment of Captain Karla Edith Trigueros as Minister of Education one more step toward the militarization of public education. They noted that her designation comes amid a broader...
