When El Salvador President Nayib Bukele implemented a controversial crime crackdown three years ago, he inadvertently helped answer one of the key questions in U.S. immigration policy: How much do crime and violence really drive Central American emigration to the...
In the latest of a series of academic articles, two scholars add to mounting evidence that gang truces may provide a short-term reprieve from violence but over time can add to the total death toll. The scholars – Cree Jones and Preston Lloyd, writing...
Key Points: In January 2025, the Bukele Government drained an additional $44 million from pension funds, bringing the total public pension debt to $10.572 billion. Since April 2023, the administration has extracted over $2.176 billion from workers’ savings...
Strengthening the autonomy and independence of the Corte de Cuentas de la República (CCR) (Court of Accounts of the Republic) is among the requirements outlined in the agreement reached between the government of El Salvador and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
The project aimed at reducing surgical backlogs, spearheaded by the Sindicato de Médicos Trabajadores del Seguro Social (SIMETRISSS) (Social Security Medical Workers Union), has reached a critical standstill because the Consejo Superior de Salud Pública (CSSP)...
The $1.4 billion bailout from the IMF reveals the long path the country must travel to achieve the “economic miracle” promised by Bukele. The loan is unavoidable to contain the imminent explosion of the debt crisis and could, in turn, unlock another $2.1...
