Former police officers and civilians belonging to a home robbery ring were sentenced to up to 433 years in prison, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported. This network faked search warrants to gain entry into homes and steal victims’ belongings....
The government has submitted a proposal to the Legislative Assembly to amend the 2025 Budget Law, adding $267 million to the Finance portfolio. So far this year, at least 40 amendments have been made to said law. On November 11, the Legislative Assembly authorized the...
At the close of 2022, the Government of El Salvador hailed the approval of a comprehensive overhaul of the pension system, portraying it as an act of social justice that would raise the minimum pension and ease the burden on retirees. The reform was enacted through...
The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who decided to proceed with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody. The disclosure...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin balance sheet may be more a result of creative accounting than actual purchases It is a world of modern money, where crypto values fluctuate with the twitch of a meme and Bitcoiners pretend to live by the principles of Bitcoin where accuracy is...
The Ministerio de Obras Públicas (Ministry of Public Works, MOP), the Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education, MINED), and the Dirección de Obras Municipales (Municipal Works Directorate, DOM) refused—through various methods—to provide information on contracts,...
