Venezuelan Mervin Yamarte believed that in the United States he would secure a better future for his family, but he ended up in an infamous Salvadoran prison, subjected to relentless beatings and abuse. Moments after arriving at his home in Maracaibo, nearly a 10-hour...
For decades, journalism has shaped El Salvador’s history, providing the public with information that guides everyday choices and the nation’s broader course. Today, however, reporters face harassment, stigmatization, and even criminalization—hazards that have...
Holdings of public debt by the private banking sector have surged since the pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) notes in its most recent Article IV report. According to the Fund, “banks’ holdings of government securities rose,” swelling from $1.1 billion...
Electoral expert Malcolm Cartagena, renowned for his role in the Centro de Monitoreo Político of Acción Ciudadana (Political Monitoring Center of Citizen Action), announced on Friday his forced departure from El Salvador, driven by deteriorating health and escalating...
The basic food basket (CBA) climbed by more than $4 in both rural and urban areas last June, according to the latest update from the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (Onec). The agency’s data show that the urban CBA surged from $248.22 in May to...
The podcast “Humo: Murder and Silence in El Salvador,” a collaborative investigation by Sonoro and Revista Factum (El Salvador and Mexico) into a serial killer whose case ultimately laid bare the broader crisis of violence and human rights in the Central...
