Blaming the environmental crisis on underdevelopment, as the presidential X account does, is an error of judgment that only makes things worse. Development alone offers no solution. Yet the presidential X account is betting on it to obtain the billions of dollars it...
On April 2, a citizen questioned Ibrajim Bukele, the president’s brother, on the social media platform X about the more than 500 people who have died in state custody under the state of exception that has been in effect for four years — a figure documented by...
Nine members of the U.S. Congress, including Representative James McGovern and Senator Chris Van Hollen, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio requesting that the U.S. government intercede for the release of Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, head of...
June 20 marked one year since the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) admitted the habeas corpus petition filed by the family of lawyer Ruth López. However, they say that, to date, they have received no response. The lawyers filed the petition...
For the second consecutive year, El Salvador appears as one of the countries at highest risk of committing acts of torture, according to the 2026 international index from the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), which was made public on June 25. In its second...
In summary: The Salvadoran government repeatedly claimed before this trial that it had completely controlled communication between free and imprisoned gang members since 2019.During the trial against gang leaders, the Public Ministry presented audio recordings and...
