The record of ARENA presidential candidate Mayteé Iraheta is tarnished by two violations committed between 2017 and 2018, according to the records of the Government Ethics Tribunal (TEG) and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the entities that issued the sanctions...
The presidential pre-candidacy of physician and union leader Rafael Aguirre has drawn questions from both the ruling party and sectors of the opposition. His critics point out that his participation under the FMLN banner helps legitimize an election they consider...
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reconvened members of the Electoral Oversight Board (JVE) and the electoral prosecutor for a second test of the indelible ink after JVE members reported during the first trial that the ink failed or did not stain as expected....
The approval of three loans totaling $440 million at Tuesday’s plenary session sparked a controversy between lawmaker Claudia Ortiz, of the Vamos party, and lawmaker Christian Guevara, caucus leader for Nuevas Ideas: the former demanded transparency regarding...
Salvadoran professor Hugo Salgado, a faculty member in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Iowa State University, is leading a project to preserve Náhuat, the only Indigenous language still spoken in El Salvador, through an open-access digital repository...
Remittances received by Salvadoran households in amounts between $3,000 and $5,000 grew by up to 55.5% in the first half of the year, according to statistics from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). From January to June, households received close to $5,060.6 million in...
