El Tribunal Primero contra el Crimen Organizado de San Miguel (First Tribunal against Organized Crime of San Miguel) began the trial on Monday against 11 students from the La Nueva Cruzadilla de San Juan neighborhood, in the jurisdiction of Jiquilisco, department of...
Mauricio Funes, a former president of El Salvador who also worked as a television journalist and who fled to Nicaragua following corruption investigations, died in that country on January 21 in Managua. He was 65. His death, which took place at a hospital, was...
As previously warned, the contradictions—legal, institutional, political, and international—that cleared Donald Trump’s path to securing the Republican nomination and winning at the polls persisted through the post-election phase and grew worse after the January 20...
Social, environmental, and religious organizations are intensifying their pressure to protest against the recently approved General Law on Metal Mining, which they consider a direct threat to natural resources and the health of Salvadorans. Despite these groups’...
“The race (for raw materials) has begun,” said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on March 16, 2023, when she presented the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), aimed at improving Europe’s access to metallic raw materials. Specifically, the war...
In response to ongoing criticism from Salvadorans—who view the increase in traffic fines as a way for Nayib Bukele’s administration to squeeze family finances—the president announced this Sunday on his social media that he will order his lawmakers in the Legislative...
