Credit rating agencies S&P Global and Moody’s Ratings note in their August reports that the Salvadoran government will have to pay $2.4 billion starting in April 2027 following the pension debt restructuring it carried out in 2023. In December 2022, the...
Alfredo Aarón Morales Álvarez was arrested twice on accusations of belonging to criminal groups, even though his family reported that the arrests were arbitrary. In the first case, he was released and managed to file a complaint against the officers who arrested him,...
Informal vendors working along Calle Arce in downtown San Salvador say they don’t know when the intervention announced by San Salvador Centro City Hall will begin and that, as of last Wednesday, they had not received any official eviction notice....
The approval of new regulations to control the financing and operations of civil society organizations is reducing civic space in Latin America, according to an analysis presented by the Voces del Sur Network during the forum “The Double Siege on the Press in...
El Salvador is experiencing its third drought period, which began on August 7. This phenomenon has caused an increase in temperatures and a reduction in water availability, both at hydroelectric plants and in wells. The agriculture and livestock sectors have been...
In the first eight months of 2026, the Salvadoran Women’s Organization for Peace (ORMUSA) has recorded 17 femicides, most of them committed, according to the organization, in trusted settings. The figure raises questions about violence against women and the way...
