Tax revenue grew 12.2% year over year in the first half of 2026, topping $4,834.4 million, the Finance Ministry reported. The latest report, published on Transparencia Fiscal, notes that this figure increased by $525.6 million compared to the same period in 2025, when...
Removal orders against Salvadorans issued by immigration judges rose 12% between March and June, below the 30% overall increase, according to data collected by TRAC, a nonpartisan, nonprofit data research project founded in 1989. Immigration judges in the United...
The 2026 August holiday period ended with 24 deaths, according to Civil Protection’s final report. Authorities reported that all 24 fatalities occurred in 452 traffic crashes between August 1 and 9, which also left 386 people injured. Authorities said the number...
El Salvador’s construction sector continues to slow in 2026, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). According to the Economic Activity Volume Index (IVAE), the sector grew 9.7% in May, down from 12.9% in April and well below the 35.1% growth...
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday refused to suspend the U.S. government policy that limits the validity of work permits for beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to one year. The decision voids the judicial protection that had prevented those...
A Salvadoran lawyer says, disheartened: “As a defense lawyer, I’ve done everything I can, everything the law provides for, to prove my clients’ innocence, but it’s useless. There’s nothing to be done.” He is one of hundreds of...
