On February 7, the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) approved reforms to the Código Procesal Penal, including the reform to article 417 on the abbreviated proceeding, adding that any person who resorts to this proceeding will receive less prison time if they...
Civil organizations have denounced a “discredit” campaign involving the circulation of false posters against mining in various parts of El Salvador, and they refuted claims that the posters—including a line of text beneath the slogan—belong to the popular anti-mining...
In the late afternoon by the lake, two men look at each other and smile. “Friends,” Nayib Bukele captions his photo with Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Coatepeque (El Salvador). After the camera clicks, the announcements arrive: the Central...
Farmer William Lozano’s land is a collection of slopes, ravines, and stones. The top of the main slope offers a view of the 5 de Noviembre dam and the Lempa River, the capital’s main source of drinking water. The 44 manzanas (about 31 hectares) that make up his...
Hundreds of Salvadorans protested this Sunday to reject the metal mining promoted by President Nayib Bukele, arguing that it will contaminate natural resources, especially water. Carrying signs that read, “Toda mina contamina” (“Every mine pollutes”), “No a la...
A new call to voice collective opposition to the passage of the Mining Law in the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) caught the attention of Salvadoran citizens yesterday. Protesters—mostly young people, mothers, and fathers with their children—attended the...
