Civil and human rights organizations describe as “political persecution” and “double jeopardy” the illicit enrichment case against former president of the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) (Supreme Electoral Tribunal), Eugenio Chicas. On...
A group of community leaders and environmental activists looks over the lifeless waters of the river in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión. Its reddish waters have become a telling sign of pollution caused by gold and silver mining—an outcome they are determined to prevent...
For this report, economists Tatiana Marroquín, César Villalona, and Carlos Argueta were consulted, as well as Patricio Pineda, founder of the Mesa por una Pensión Digna (Committee for a Decent Pension). In addition, the current pension law, the 2017 reforms to the...
The Dirección General de Centros Penales (DGCP) (General Directorate of Prisons) is requiring families of inmates detained under the state of exception and those in a trust phase to purchase and provide appropriate clothing so their relatives can perform assigned...
In a message posted in English on X, President Nayib Bukele stated: “It all ends in April.” “It all ends in June.” “It all ends in December. No, it doesn’t stop.” “If it didn’t stop when the world ostracized us,...
The announcement that the Government of El Salvador (GOES) will continue purchasing bitcoin to add to its reserves—even though it committed to halting cryptocurrency accumulation under a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—poses a “challenge”...
