Just one day after signing an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) establishing that the government must restrict its Bitcoin purchases, the Oficina Nacional de Bitcoin (ONB) (National Bitcoin Office) announced on Thursday yet another acquisition of...
This Friday, the Fifth Court of Sentencing of San Salvador sentenced former San Salvador mayor Ernesto Muyshondt to four years in prison for the crime of breach of duties. Muyshondt had also been charged by the Fiscalía (Attorney General’s Office) with...
On Tuesday, February 25, the police and the Prosecutor’s Office cracked down on human rights defenders and residents of Hacienda La Floresta, in San Juan Opico, who were trying to halt an eviction process against some 250 families that have lived there for 12 years....
The IMF Executive Board approved a new 40-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for El Salvador, with access equivalent to US$1.4 billion. The Board’s decision allows the authorities an immediate disbursement equivalent to around US$113 million. The...
A collective of social organizations in El Salvador denounced this Wednesday (February 26, 2025) the arrest of human rights activist Fidel Zavala, who would face charges of illicit associations. Zavala, 30, was arrested on Tuesday in San Salvador after he reported the...
One person should have access to 100 liters of water each day or, failing that, a family of five should have 15 cubic meters of water per month. Yet in reality, they barely have access to one-third of those cubic meters, which is not enough for a dignified life,...
