The Fired Workers Unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute held a press conference on Monday morning, May 18, calling on public institutions to stop unjustified dismissals and respect the rights of those removed from their posts. Representatives of the...
Mexico City.- May 18 marks one year since the government of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador deprived lawyer, human rights defender, mother, and professor Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro of her freedom. This comes on top of a climate of repression targeting media outlets,...
Costa Rican ministers Gerald Campos Valverde, of Public Security, and Gabriel Aguilar Vargas, of Justice and Peace, are visiting the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador this Wednesday to learn how the Salvadoran prison system operates and assess its...
The Vamos party questioned the Finance Ministry over why the draft new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Law eliminates the cap on how much the state can invest in a public-private partnership or alliance to deliver public services, to which the ministry responded that...
The cost of basic food staples rose 3.55% in urban areas and 4.11% in rural zones at the close of the first quarter of 2026, compared with the same period last year, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) updated on Tuesday. The annual average for basic...
Public transit operators who submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) requesting “a cap on the price of diesel” reported that they have received no response since delivering the document on April 17. “So far we haven’t had any...
