In light of the growing surgical backlog at the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS) (Salvadoran Social Security Institute), which affects thousands of Salvadorans, doctors belonging to the Sindicato de Médicos Trabajadores del ISSS (SIMETRISSS) (Union of...
A total of 1,188,148 Salvadorans who engage in an economic activity (remunerated or otherwise) exceed the 44-hour weekly limit established in labor legislation, according to the second set of results from the 2024 Census. The instrument revealed that four out of every...
The Comisión de Seguridad Nacional y Justicia (Commission for National Security and Justice) of the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) approved on Wednesday a favorable ruling on the government’s request to reform the Código Penal (Penal Code) regarding...
The proposed reforms to the Ley Penal Juvenil (Juvenile Criminal Law), the Ley Contra el Crimen Organizado (Law Against Organized Crime), and the Ley Penitenciaria (Prison Law), which are expected to be reviewed in the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) for...
El Ministerio de Hacienda de El Salvador (Ministry of Finance) collected US$740.3 million this January—US$36.7 million less—which translates into a 4.7% drop compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary figures published by the ministry on one of...
The Salvadoran ambassador in Washington, Carmen Milena Mayorga, reported that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele requested that the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, send gang leaders—without specifying whether they were only Salvadoran or from any gang...
