2024 Debt Was 87.5% of GDP According to the Ministry of Finance, Higher Than the Pandemic Year — Deuda de 2024 fue del 87.5% del PIB según Hacienda, más que el año de la pandemia
According to the “Non-Financial Public Sector Debt Profile” reports that the Ministry of Finance posts on the Transparencia Fiscal website, El Salvador’s public debt in 2024 amounted to 87.5% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—nearly three percentage points...
More Than a Thousand Families in Majucla Report Lack of Water for a Month — Más de mil familias de Majucla denuncian falta de agua desde hace un mes
At least one thousand families living in the Majucla residential development, Villa Mariona, in the Cuscatancingo district, have been without potable water for a month. This situation has created difficulties that affect their finances and put their health at risk. In...
Freeze of U.S. Cooperation Jeopardizes Civil Society in El Salvador — El congelamiento de la cooperación de EE.UU pone en jaque a la sociedad civil en El Salvador
February 26 was the last day that GatoEncerrado, an investigative journalism magazine, had a newsroom. It was one of the 11 Salvadoran media outlets affected by the freezing of U.S. cooperation funds. Days earlier, the publication’s modest 70-square-meter office in a...
As USAID exits Latin America, will more people exit for the U.S. border — and will China move in? — Mientras USAID abandona América Latina, ¿más personas migrarán hacia Estados Unidos y China ocupará su lugar?
On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the U.S. will eliminate 83% of the foreign aid projects carried out by USAID — the U.S. Agency for International Development — and cancel almost $60 billion in foreign assistance. The Trump Administration has already...