YSUCA conducted an opinion poll with several Salvadorans about the shortage of medications at hospitals of the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS) (Salvadoran Social Security Institute), medical units, and Hospital Rosales. Beneficiaries of the Instituto...
When you wash your hands, brush your teeth, do the laundry, wash dishes or household utensils, or take a shower, have you ever wondered how much water El Salvador has available for its people? And for how long? Studies by the Global Water Partnership on the state of...
The manufacturing industry sector has stopped growing in El Salvador. That is what the year-on-year GDP variation figures for this sector over the past two years reveal. To get an idea of this slump, note that it has not grown beyond 1% since April 2023, and that in...
Organizations searching for disappeared persons and working in human rights submitted two written requests on February 18 to the director of Centro Penal La Esperanza (La Esperanza Prison), better known as Mariona: one to allow family visits for individuals deprived...
Twenty-four-year-old Yeferson Yohaldi Campos, a young man who was released with kidney failure after spending two years in prison under the state of exception, died this afternoon, according to Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid). Yohaldi was...
Of the 114 murders recorded by the end of 2024, 35 were classified as femicides, equivalent to 31% of the total. Most of the femicides were committed within families, involving relationships marked by domination and power wielded by the perpetrators. Authorities...
