In just 37 minutes and 46 seconds—about the length of a cartoon—around midday on January 29, the final blow to El Salvador’s Constitution took shape. The Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly), dominated by ruling-party lawmakers, ratified a constitutional reform...
On January 29, the Legislative Assembly ratified a constitutional reform enabling the expedited amendment of any constitutional article, including those that limit presidential reelection. The move completes a process that lawmakers aligned with Nayib Bukele began in...
On Wednesday afternoon, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly ratified changes to the 1983 Constitution that upend the Salvadoran political and legal system. The reforms, fast-track approved with 57 of 60 votes without public comment or parliamentary study by President...
So far, the government of Nayib Bukele has not issued any official announcement about plans to receive that many compatriots. In the face of this official silence, fake news stories have started to spread virally, such as the claim that there will be a $1,000 bonus...
The oars of María Esther’s boat break through the lake’s surface and echo in the darkness. It seems those repeated taps are what awaken the sun, which begins to bathe the pumice-strewn shore. María Esther Hernández is a fisherwoman living in the San Agustín community...
Online casinos licensed in tax havens sought out El Salvador to keep their funds in custody through Dream Finance, a bitcoin company facing allegations of tax fraud and money laundering, which was authorized to operate in the country by the Banco Central de Reserva...
