Consumer prices in El Salvador rose 2.2% year-over-year in April 2026, the highest reading since October 2023, accelerating from 1.47% in March. Prices increased at a faster pace for food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.0% vs 2.7%), housing and utilities (1.1% vs...
The love song to the diaspora has false notes. On the eve of the 2027 elections, Bukele ordered that it be granted legislative representation. The justification is a declaration of love. He granted it six seats in recognition of its “contributions” to...
Rebecca Gordon Originally published in TomDispatch. Recently, I had the opportunity to stand in a friend’s kitchen eating pupusas, the Salvadoran national food, while listening to an update on conditions in Central America from Cristosal’s Noah Bullock. Cristosal is a...
To understand the myth, you must first know the man. Roque Dalton wasn’t born the iron-willed revolutionary shown on political posters, nor the acclaimed poet of the anthologies. He was born as the product of a contradiction: the out-of-wedlock son of an...
The Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, coming as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned himself as an ally willing...
San Salvador (EFE).— Over the course of its two consecutive legislative terms in El Salvador, the ruling party Nuevas Ideas (NI) has approved and ratified at least nine constitutional reforms in Congress, fast-tracking changes to the Constitution that, according to...
