The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passed its 41st extension of the state of exception—a measure that suspends rights such as administrative detention, the right to a defense, and the inviolability of communications for another 30 days. Ruling-party lawmakers...
The Nuevas Ideas caucus plans to push through on Thursday a constitutional amendment that would withdraw the country from the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN). Lawmaker Giovanny Zaldaña introduced the motion and urged his caucus colleagues to sign it, the...
A spokesperson for the United States Embassy in El Salvador confirmed on Wednesday that William H. Duncan is completing his tour in the country and retiring from the Foreign Service after a 33-year diplomatic career. “Ambassador William Duncan is concluding his...
President Nayib Bukele conferred a decoration upon United States Ambassador William H. Duncan, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in El Salvador, it was announced this Wednesday. At the event, the president credited Duncan with actions that “gradually...
Victoria Delgado, a 25-year-old Salvadoran journalist, never imagined that a simple work trip would radically alter her life. She had packed her bag to attend a four-day workshop in San José, Costa Rica, with no inkling that this luggage would signal the onset of a...
Fifty years after gunfire ripped through a student march in San Salvador, survivors like Mirna Perla still carry shrapnel in their knees and unanswered questions in their hearts, while the State steadfastly looks the other way. A Protest Born in the Shadows of...
