Apparent cement consumption grew 12.9% in the first half of 2026, after exceeding 28.87 million bags, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reports. This represented an increase of 3.30 million 42.5-kilogram bags of cement compared with the 25.57 million recorded in the same...
The Third Criminal Court of San Salvador, based in Santa Tecla, imposed the first life sentence against Carlos Arturo Herrera Castro, 31, for the aggravated homicide of Alexis López Córdova. According to El Salvador’s Judicial Centers, the events occurred on the...
Representatives of the San Salvador Departmental Directorate of the Ministry of Education (MINED) conducted inquiries following sexual harassment complaints at the Goldtree Liebes school in Los Planes de Renderos and the Salvadoran American Cultural Center (CCSA),...
Deaths from traffic accidents totaled 1,001 on the country’s roads. The figure represents a 23.3% increase compared with the same period in 2025, when 812 deaths were recorded, according to statistics from the National Road Safety Observatory. In absolute terms,...
Economist Rafael Lemus warns that rising public debt, high interest payments, and persistent extreme poverty are placing growing pressure on public finances and on the population’s living conditions. The economist stated that “progress and...
Leaked audio recordings and testimony gathered by Diario Co Latino reveal that a team had allegedly been formed within the VAMOS party to collect supposed evidence against lawmaker Claudia Ortiz, amid a growing fight over the party’s General Secretariat that...
