Last week the Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública (Institute of Public Opinion, IUDOP) released its survey assessing Nayib Bukele’s sixth year in office. The administration’s propaganda and disinformation apparatus—the “trolls,” paid analysts, and Bukele...
On Wednesday, APES reported that three National Civil Police officers appeared at the Mejicanos district home of Guillermo Cartagena, a reporter for the digital outlet Gato Encerrado. According to the alert, the officers questioned the household about basic utility...
Of the 26 countries the OMCT assessed worldwide, several are in the Americas, yet El Salvador is the only one classified as very high risk—a category it shares with Bahrain, Belarus, Ethiopia, Libya and the Russian Federation. “The 2025 Global Torture Index represents...
That’s four now. A New York court has ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a fourth wrongfully deported immigrant. The Salvadoran national Jordin Melgar-Salmerón, 31, was deported to his home country in May just minutes after the New York...
Six months after its establishment, the National Solid Waste Authority (ANDRES) still lacks a formal operating allocation. Set up in December 2024 by the ruling party to centralize solid-waste management, ANDRES is incorporating municipalities gradually. It began by...
ARENA lawmaker Marcela Villatoro accused the Salvadoran government of misleading the public by announcing that this year’s budget was fully funded and that no additional debt would be required, even as the most recent loans approved by the Legislative Assembly allow...
