The Legislative Assembly approved, after waiving standard procedure, a new extension of the state of exception — the 52nd since the measure was first implemented in March 2022 as part of the government’s strategy against gangs. The extension was endorsed during...
In a statement released last week, the Santa Marta community raised the possibility that the reactivation of metallic mining is also behind other cases of political persecution, beyond that of the environmental leaders. According to Santa Marta, mining could also be a...
Lawyer and human rights defender Ruth López, detained since May 18, 2025, and charged with the crime of illicit enrichment, marked 400 days imprisoned in El Salvador on Monday, awaiting the second hearing in the criminal proceedings against her, without the date it...
“They call me a dictator. A dictator? I would have had them all shot, or something like that, if it were true. A dictator saves a thousand lives in exchange for five, but no, I am not a dictator. What’s more, they (the five justices of the Supreme Court)...
The National Association of War Veterans of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (ANVEGEFMLN) demanded on Monday that the Attorney General’s Office file the indictment against the veteran leaders accused of terrorism, on the day the deadline to present...
The international price of oil, which saw aggressive increases starting in late February due to the outbreak of war in the Middle East, has finally spent a full month below the $100-per-barrel mark, according to historical data from the portal Investing.com. This drop...
