Without any official notification, more than 500 small school supply vendors lost their contracts with the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MINEDUCYT) for the 2026 school supply provision program. In their place, the Ministry opted to hire five...
The Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA) confirmed an 8.2% decline in exports through the cargo terminal at El Salvador International Airport San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez by the end of 2025. Official data show that exports totaled 17.3 million kilograms...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, a populist leader, arrived in Costa Rica on Tuesday for an official visit during which he will lay the cornerstone of a high-security prison inspired by the model he established in El Salvador to combat gangs. The visit has sparked...
Costa Rica stands today at a historic crossroads. The visit by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to lay the cornerstone, alongside President Rodrigo Chaves, of the High Containment Center for Organized Crime (CACCO) is not merely an act of penal infrastructure; it...
Students at Centro Escolar La Ceiba, in the Chilanguera canton of Chirilagua district, San Miguel Centro, risk being left without classes this year because they lack a school building. In March 2023, the Ministry of Education (MINED) began renovating the school, a...
Only 8% of journalists believe there is complete press freedom in El Salvador, according to a survey featured in the “Worlds of Journalism” study by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (Centro Knight para el Periodismo de las Américas). The chapter on El...
