The cost of urban basic food staples reached $264.73 in August, a 5.6% increase ($13.94) compared with the same month last year, according to data from the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (ONEC). In August 2025, a family in an urban area needed $250.79 a...
As of August 31, the state had received a total of $100,000 from the transaction tax established in the Foreign Agents Law (LAEX), which levies a 30% tax on donation transactions to nongovernmental organizations that operate in El Salvador and are identified as...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) announced that it will publish a table of wholesale and reference prices for basic food staples to prevent unjustified increases in food prices. “It is intolerable that, in the midst of this emergency, some middlemen and...
Meat and vegetable portions have recorded the largest increases among basic food staples so far in 2026, according to data from the National Office of Statistics and Census (ONEC). In urban areas, the food basket went from $250.82 in January to $261.49 in July, a...
As human rights defender Ruth López spends her second birthday behind bars, Amnesty International reiterates its request to Salvadoran authorities for a humanitarian visit and demands her immediate and unconditional release. On August 1, 2026, Amnesty International...
Dozens of mothers gathered in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador to demand that the government allow their detained relatives to receive visits, especially from their children, who long to see them on the upcoming Children’s Day. The group, which...
