In August, the Salvadoran National Assembly approved a series of constitutional reforms extending president Nayib Bukele’s term from five to six years and allowing for indefinite reelection. In response, the U.S. State Department issued a statement rejecting...
In El Salvador, feminism has been driven underground and is literally a dirty word in schools. No student could name this newspaper section because it would be forbidden, just like swearing or discussing climate change, according to the Style and Writing Manual of the...
On the occasion of Salvadoran Trade Unionist Day, the Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Salvadoreños (National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers, CNTS) issued a statement warning of severe setbacks in labor and union rights under the current administration. The...
Individuals arrested under the state of exception have begun to be consolidated in the various Organized Crime Courts, according to a judicial order obtained by LA PRENSA GRÁFICA. According to this document, issued mid-year by an Organized Crime Court, it authorizes...
The Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (Central American Bank for Economic Integration, CABEI) and the Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance) of the Republic of El Salvador signed a loan agreement totaling US$65 million for the Programa Surf City –...
The United States has confirmed the donation of four Bell UH-1N (ST) helicopters to the Fuerza Aérea de El Salvador (Salvadoran Air Force, FAS). Two of the aircraft were delivered directly to the Salvadoran contingent in Haiti, and the remaining two were received in...
