Democratic Representative Delia Ramírez has written to the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security requesting an “urgent” hearing to examine both the U.S. funds provided to El Salvador for detaining migrants inside the CECOT prison and the “human...
The Asociación Cooperativa Santa Victoria de Responsabilidad Limitada (COSAVI), under state intervention since May of last year for multi-million-dollar embezzlement, extended 15 loans totaling approximately $32 million to Nuevas Ideas mayoralties and the Dirección de...
El Salvador accounted for 7% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for Central America and the Dominican Republic in 2024, according to a comparative analysis by the Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada (Honduran Council of Private Enterprise, Cohep). Drawing on data...
In the courts there are matters that are self-evident and credible. Others demand intricate investigations and may linger in doubt, though the norm is to defer to the judge’s ruling. Yet certain cases strain credulity. The cases of Alejandro Henríquez and José...
Ruth López, a constitutional lawyer and educator who has devoted her life to defending the fundamental rights of Salvadorans and advancing public transparency, will receive the American Bar Association 2025 International Human Rights Award. The award...
On January 11, 2023, the Salvadoran Attorney General charged five renowned water defenders from the community of Santa Marta and the Association for Social and Economic Development of El Salvador (ADES) with an alleged crime committed 35 years ago during that...
