On the night of April 20, Nayib Bukele proposed a “humanitarian agreement” to Nicolás Maduro via X: the repatriation of 252 Venezuelan migrants—who had been expelled from the U.S. to El Salvador—to Venezuela, in exchange for the release of 252 political prisoners. The...
Lawyers for a group of at least 137 Venezuelan men sent to a prison in El Salvador last month have urged a judge to order Republican President Donald Trump’s administration to facilitate their return to the U.S. The Thursday night request by lawyers with the...
In the United States, the debate over Kilmar Abrego’s wrongful deportation to El Salvador isn’t about President Nayib Bukele, or even about the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). It’s about President Donald Trump and his assault on democracy and...
The death of Karen Escobar, 22, is the latest recorded death of an inmate under the state of exception. She died on April 17 after being transferred from Apanteos prison to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santa Ana. The family reports that her death occurred amidst...
The Government of El Salvador announced this Friday that it has submitted a proposal to increase the minimum wage by 12%, which would take effect in June of this year. This increase would apply to the maquila, agriculture, industry, commerce, and services sectors,...
This past April 17 marked two and a half years since construction work began on the new market in Ciudad El Triunfo, Usulután Norte, a project executed by the Directorate of Municipal Works (DOM), which remains unfinished. On October 17, 2022, the DOM began...
