One of the principal achievements of Nayib Bukele’s administration, since he took office on February 3, 2019, has been the reduction of violence and the weakening of gangs through the Plan Control Territorial (Territorial Control Plan). In addition, the...
Rosa González carries a sign bearing three photographs, each marked with the date of capture and the names of her detained relatives. She will turn 60 on September 23 and affirms that the state of exception has robbed her of two sons and her daughter-in-law. She last...
Owning a vehicle is just as out of reach as owning an air conditioner for many Salvadoran households, even when some members are employed, because those jobs do not translate into purchasing power. In El Salvador, for example, the vehicle fleet totals nearly two...
The cost of the national hospital under construction in the Nejapa district skyrocketed in 2023 and 2024, and it is now headed for a year-and-a-half delay—potentially two years if it is completed in 2026, as mentioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the...
On Sunday, a further 21 bitcoins were added to the government’s holdings of the cryptocurrency, which has been legal tender in El Salvador since September 7, 2021. Marking the fourth anniversary of its adoption, President Nayib Bukele reported the new purchase on his...
The latest annual report from the Office of the Attorney General (FGR) reveals that between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025, a total of 98,671 crimes were committed in El Salvador, averaging 270 per day. Of these, authorities only publicly detail the so-called “crimes...
