The discussion on reforming the workweek in El Salvador ends this week, Rolando Castro, head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MTPS), said Tuesday. “The public consultation process on the modernization of working time ends this week. Listening to all...
The freeze on public transit fares through December 31, 2027, is raising concern among industry representatives, who warn of difficulties in sustaining operations, replacing buses and maintaining service frequency in El Salvador. The Legislative Assembly approved,...
“To begin with, let’s not beat around the bush: I consider Bukele a dictator. Now let’s move on. Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez is the most powerful and beloved man in El Salvador. At forty-four, he has spent six years occupying the presidency of a republic that is no...
By Kevin Sieff Ana paced near the arrivals terminal of the San Salvador airport, eyeing the door where deportees from the United States are released. She was there on a sweltering day in May to pick up her son, who had been detained in Texas and deported. She would...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a third dengue death so far in 2026, amid a run of medical visits for clinically suspected cases that once again set a new high during the third week of September. According to official statistics for epidemiological week 37...
By November of this year, between 100,000 and 249,999 Salvadorans could face food insecurity, according to projections by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which Oxfam cited in a report titled “Drought, Crops and the Central American Dry Corridor:...
