“To begin with, let’s not beat around the bush: I consider Bukele a dictator. Now let’s move on. Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez is the most powerful and beloved man in El Salvador. At forty-four, he has spent six years occupying the presidency of a republic that is no...
By Kevin Sieff Ana paced near the arrivals terminal of the San Salvador airport, eyeing the door where deportees from the United States are released. She was there on a sweltering day in May to pick up her son, who had been detained in Texas and deported. She would...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a third dengue death so far in 2026, amid a run of medical visits for clinically suspected cases that once again set a new high during the third week of September. According to official statistics for epidemiological week 37...
By November of this year, between 100,000 and 249,999 Salvadorans could face food insecurity, according to projections by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which Oxfam cited in a report titled “Drought, Crops and the Central American Dry Corridor:...
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has already published the procurement process for a specialized firm to audit the logistics, operations, and technology of the overseas electronic voting that will take place in the 2027 presidential and legislative elections. The...
Tax revenue rose 12.5% to more than $6,240.8 million in the first eight months of the year, according to the Ministry of Finance. The latest report, published on the Fiscal Transparency portal, shows that revenue increased by $694.1 million compared with the $5,546.8...
