Analysis by Caitlin Stephen Hu What could go wrong? For over a week, El Salvador has been quietly sending troops to Haiti, a project whose scale was only revealed publicly last night: More than 2,000 Salvadoran soldiers will be sent to the Caribbean nation, but their...
Without discussion, the Legislative Assembly approved reinforcing various State institutions with $100 million for “strategic and priority obligations” during the last quarter of 2026. ARENA lawmaker Francisco Lira questioned why, at this point in the year, the...
Cooperativa Normandía complained that the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice has kept an amparo appeal related to the conflict over its lands unresolved for four years, while a judicial proceeding and the attachment of its assets continue to affect...
At least 13,816 girls, boys, and adolescents under 18 years of age were deported by the United States between January 20, 2025, and March 10, 2026. Of that total, 990 had El Salvador as their destination, including 380 minors of other nationalities expelled to a...
The cost of covering the basic needs of a Salvadoran household increasingly exceeds the income that workers receive. In September, the expanded basic basket reached $538.30, an amount that exceeds the average monthly salary of the employed population in the country by...
Feminist economist Many women reach the age of 55 after a lifetime of work in factories, offices, markets, schools, or private homes. Before and after their paid workdays, they have also prepared food, washed clothes, raised daughters and sons, and cared for sick or...
