With 60 votes in favor, the Legislative Assembly approved a new transitional law to grant a Tax Amnesty that would make it easier for taxpayers to pay the taxes and fines they owe to the Ministry of Finance. It is the “Special and Transitional Law Granting Facilities...
Interest rates for acquiring housing in El Salvador fell to 7.70 % in September 2026, while loans with terms of more than one year decreased to 10.18 %, according to the statistics published by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The latest report on weighted average...
Harriet Barber At midnight on a Monday in December 2021, dozens of soldiers and police officers stormed into the home of Sandra Carolina Velasco Mena. They were looking for her 22-year-old son, Jefferson Alexánder Hernández Velasco. “They wanted to arrest young...
The Socorro Jurídico Humanitario reported that the number of Salvadorans who died in state custody during the state of emergency had risen to 580. According to the organization, none had been tried and found guilty. It also said that more than 94% of the victims had...
The Gang Suppression Force (GSF, by its English acronym) confirmed that search and deployment operations are continuing to establish the whereabouts of four military personnel from El Salvador, who have been missing since last Sunday after suffering an ambush...
Five non-governmental organizations that work with beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and their families issued a public call to the authorities of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS, by its English acronym) to provide legal clarity...
