The Ministry of Education has closed 67 schools nationwide, with the department of Sonsonate proving the most affected, accounting for 23 closures, according to the Observatorio del Frente Magisterial Salvadoreño (FMS Observatory), which on Tuesday published an...
“They are dismantling public education.” This is how the FMS views the merging of multiple schools as a result of low student enrollment, the decrease in the Ministry of Education’s budget, and a slow pace of infrastructure repairs—far from what was promised in 2022...
El Salvador increased its public debt with private pension funds—financed by workers—by over US$47 million last February, bringing the total to more than US$10,619 million, according to statistics from the Banco Central de Reserva (BCR) (Central Reserve Bank)...
The government of El Salvador claims it is still acquiring Bitcoin for “its reserve,” now totaling 6,134 bitcoins worth an estimated US$522.8 million at the moment. This is in spite of the IMF limiting the use and purchase of the cryptocurrency and the country having...
The Pro-Búsqueda Association (Asociación Pro-Búsqueda) believes that, in order to resolve the more than 500 pending cases of children who disappeared during the civil war, it is necessary to open the military archives from that period. This request has been denied by...
The Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly), dominated by Nuevas Ideas, approved this Tuesday the 37th extension of the state of exception, the government’s main security tool, despite multiple reports of human rights violations and arbitrary arrests. The decree...
