On one of the four levels of the new Chalchuapa market in Santa Ana Oeste, Magdalena (not her real name) has her stall. It is 11 a.m. on a Tuesday and she still has not made her “nombre de Dios” — as she calls making the first sale of the day. She is...
An international mission of Spanish jurists warned that El Salvador is undergoing a deep crisis of the rule of law, marked by the loss of judicial independence, the systematic violation of procedural guarantees, and the criminalization of lawyers, judges, and human...
The arrival of the Donald Trump administration has changed the tone of the political relationship between the United States (US) and the government of Nayib Bukele, now marked by greater affinity between the two leaders. However, Washington maintains that this...
The record of 103 posts on Nayib Bukele’s X account during June 2026 reveals a two-act communication strategy: during the first three weeks, the president let outside voices—in five languages and from three continents—cultivate his image as a global leader. On June...
Without mentioning whether he will be the sole pre-candidate in the internal contest, Deputy Alexia Rivas urged on her social media to ratify Nayib Bukele as the presidential candidate that the Nuevas Ideas political party will take to the elections on February 28,...
El Salvador now records a total of 1,054,695 Salvadorans residing in the United States with an enabled Unique Identity Document (DUI), out of a total of 6.5 million Salvadorans who would be eligible to vote in the 2027 elections. These are Salvadoran people who have...
