The Consumer Protection Agency’s Sanctions Tribunal ordered the Asociación Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito de Profesionales en Administración de Empresas y Carreras Afines (COASPAE de R.L.) to return $462,914.53 to a group of 25 members, ruling that the financial...
The Somos El Espino movement successfully promoted a viral petition addressed to President Nayib Bukele to prevent the construction of the new International Center for Fairs and Conventions (CIFCO) on a 55,711-square-meter plot belonging to the El Espino estate, a...
The entrepreneurial and small business sector in El Salvador accounts for a significant share of economic activity, as a large portion of the population is concentrated in this area, using these ventures as a way to generate income, which is conditioned by various...
By Louis Benavides This ESN brief summarizes a New York Times guest essay by Louis Benavides, husband of Ruth López, and links readers to the original article. Benavides says López, who led Cristosal's Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit, was detained in May 2025...
The Somos El Espino movement is continuing its digital campaign “Save El Espino: Let’s Protect the Lungs of San Salvador,” which it has been promoting since last week through a signature drive among those who oppose the construction of the...
Remodeling schools using inmates from the Prisons Bureau under the “Two Schools a Day” program costs twice as much as the Ministry of Education (MINED) itself spends to build new schools. To be exact: a square meter costs $529 in schools rebuilt by the...
