The head of the Ministry of Education (MINED), Karla Trigueros, published a new memorandum on her social media accounts this Thursday, addressed to teachers and principals of the country’s public schools, stating that, as of September 1, “lunes cívicos” (Civic...
María’s finances no longer allow her to purchase packages of basic supplies or food and take them to the Centro Penal de Izalco (Izalco Prison) in Sonsonate, where her two sons and a brother are held under the state of exception. As a result, this August she will be...
The Trump administration in the United States has become President Nayib Bukele’s principal international shield, backing a recent constitutional reform that enables indefinite presidential reelection and dismissing allegations of human rights violations in El...
“A family that cannot afford the cost of one basic food basket is considered to be in extreme poverty; if they cannot afford two basic food baskets, they are considered to be in relative poverty.” A study by the Mesa por la Soberanía Alimentaria (Food Sovereignty...
Oscar Melara, the director of a technical school in El Salvador, stations himself at the front gate every day to inspect dress code compliance as students file in. Melara checks for infractions such as shirts missing a monogram or name tag, dirty shoes and long...
Two construction projects promoted by the government of El Salvador, in a water recharge area adjacent to the country’s capital on the slopes of the San Salvador volcano, threaten to heighten the vulnerability of that zone and exacerbate the risk of flooding in...
