What began as a temporary measure allegedly to combat gang violence has evolved into a permanent system that promotes and justifies mass arbitrary detentions, the suspension of guarantees, and serious human rights violations that could amount to crimes against...
Christine Murray in Mexico City El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is on track to run for a third term governing the Central American country after winning his party primary unopposed. Bukele and his vice-president Félix Ulloa, who first took power in 2019, won the...
San Salvador, Jul 14 (EFE).— The number of people who have died in El Salvador’s prisons after being detained under the state of exception, in effect since March 2022 against gangs, has risen to at least 547, the nongovernmental organization Legal Humanitarian...
With less than two months before Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans expires (September 9, 2026), a group of 80 members of the U.S. Congress asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the benefit and prevent some 200,000 migrants from...
The Ministry of Health (MINSAL) confirmed the first dengue death of the year, but the institution did not specify the victim’s age or place of origin. The institution recently updated its epidemiological data through week 26 (covering June 28 to July 4), which...
Words and Photos by Camilo Freedman in San Salvador From the village of Copapayo, Noel Avalos recalls the morning they ran to the shore of Lake Suchitlán, El Salvador’s main hydroelectric reservoir, also known as Cerrón Grande, and its largest body of freshwater, to...