Three departments within MARN have declared nonexistent the findings regarding gold districts in El Salvador and studies on modern and sustainable mining that Nayib Bukele claimed to possess as a basis for reactivating metallic mining in the country. The Directorate...
Diario El Salvador, the Bukele administration’s mouthpiece, published an article criticizing the “sale of gold” carried out under the government of Salvador Sánchez Cerén. The article spans 12 paragraphs and contains six errors. Let’s break it down: 1. The...
“Our country is an example to the world of peace, confidence and optimism,” proclaimed El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in an end-of-year message posted on social media. “Nobody can deny it.” The president had reasons to feel good. Formerly one of the world’s most...
Vidalina Morales is one of the most recognized faces in the fight against metallic mining in the country. She began her journey in her hometown of Santa Marta, Cabañas, when she, along with other community leaders, took a stand against an open-air landfill in 2005....
Hundreds of people gathered this Sunday in front of Cuscatlán Park, in San Salvador, to march in commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Peace Accords, signed on January 16, 1992, which ended the civil war in El Salvador. The march proceeded along 25th Avenue...
Images of the intervention to the century-old architecture of Rosales Hospital, as part of the construction of the new area of the healthcare center in San Salvador, have sparked another wave of concern for the material heritage of El Salvador. Few photographs are...
