Infectious disease specialist Dr. Jorge Panameño lamented that the Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) has not yet provided public information about what is known as hand, foot, and mouth disease, despite the number of reported cases rising, particularly in the...
Elective surgeries at the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS) (Salvadoran Social Security Institute) continue to be delayed, confirmed last Tuesday by the Secretary General of the Sindicato de Médicos Trabajadores del Seguro Social (SIMETRISSS) (Union of...
Non-governmental organizations that have been connected with the ruling Nuevas Ideas party and that, in fact, promoted Nayib Bukele’s presidential reelection and supported the candidacies of officialist lawmakers, received public funds from the nation’s general budget...
Wendy Monterrosa and her colleagues founded news site Voz Pública in El Salvador in 2020. A year into Nayib Bukele’s presidency, marked by frequent attacks on journalists, Voz Pública built a small newsroom focused on fact-checking and investigative journalism. But...
Lawmakers from the ARENA and Vamos factions of the Legislative Assembly doubt that the Salvadoran government will comply with conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding independence of oversight institutions and transparency in the use of public...
When Nayib Bukele launched his presidential campaign in the eastern department of La Unión in 2018, the new outsider politician stood in a street packed with supporters and promised a new airport. La Unión and the rest of El Salvador’s eastern region have historically...
