On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at nine in the morning, two officers from El Salvador’s police arrived at the home of Cecilia Ábrego in the city of San Salvador, as she and her 34-year-old son Jimmy (right) were getting ready to visit the grave of her mother, who had...
The United States State Department said it is aware of the embezzlement at the Santa Victoria Cooperative (COSAVI) and the fraud that U.S. citizens have fallen victim to in this case, according to a letter several of the affected members made public on August 21....
It’s eight in the evening in El Salvador. Night is beginning to fall, and Emerson (not his real name) is making his dinner before talking to ABC. He’s tired. He’s been clearing rubble on the streets of his neighborhood since dawn — a poor area...
Under the glare of the LED lights adorning the buildings of the Historic Center and the constant echo of marimba music, urban life carries on with apparent normalcy. Hundreds of pedestrians move through the plaza, guarded by a police “security” deployment...
El Salvador faces a situation of growing environmental deterioration that affects rivers, lakes, basins, and ecosystems, primarily due to pollution, deforestation, land-use change, and the lack of comprehensive water resource management. Berta Medrano, an...
El Salvador imported more than $1,630.1 million in food during the first half of 2026, a basket composed mostly of edible preparations, cereals, meat, and dairy, according to statistics from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). According to the BCR, this figure represented...
