Following multiple complaints from environmental organizations regarding activities in the San Sebastián mine area, located in the district of Santa Rosa de Lima, northern La Unión, La MalaYerba went to the site and confirmed the start of earthworks and the removal of...
The news went almost unnoticed: at the end of January, the Salvadoran fantasy of using bitcoin as legal tender came to an end. Indeed, on Wednesday, January 29, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly modified the law that had authorized the adoption of bitcoin as legal...
Three people who were being held at the Izalco Penitentiary Center, in the department of Sonsonate, have died in recent hours while admitted to Jorge Mazzini Hospital. One of the inmates was identified as Danilo Ernesto Andrés López, who was from Olocuilta, according...
The Movimiento Voces del Futuro (Voices of the Future Movement) denounced on Saturday smear campaigns aimed at damaging the image of environmental leaders and civil organizations that oppose metal mining in the country; these campaigns are allegedly carried out by...
In June 2024, residents of Los Planes de Renderos denounced deforestation activities in the forest located across from Hospital Saldaña (Saldaña Hospital), at kilometer 9 of the road to Los Planes de Renderos, due to the construction of a shopping center in the area....
Residents of the city of San Miguel are upset because the Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP) (Ministry of Public Works) has failed to build three overpasses in that locality. In October 2021, President Nayib Bukele promised the people of San Miguel the construction of...
