Bukele signs reform allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 in El Salvador — Bukele firma una reforma que permite prisión perpetua para menores a partir de los 12 años en El Salvador

04/17/2026

Constitutional reforms approved by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly will take effect on April 26 and, among other measures, include the possibility of sentencing minors as young as 12 to life in prison, according to the latest publication in the Official...

International committee urges US Congress to support press freedom in El Salvador — Comité internacional insta al Congreso de EE.UU. a apoyar la libertad de prensa en El Salvador

04/17/2026

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) raised a new alarm on Thursday about the state of press freedom in El Salvador, presenting a formal statement before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body of the US Congress. In the document, the...

El Salvador Remains the Country with the Worst Budget Transparency in the Region — El Salvador se mantiene como el país con peor transparencia presupuestaria en la región

04/17/2026

In 2025, El Salvador improved its budget transparency index compared to the previous year, but it remains the worst-evaluated country in the region on this measure, according to the results of the latest Open Budget Survey by the Open Budget Partnership. The survey,...

Suitability of New Alternate Justices on El Salvador’s Supreme Court Called into Question — Cuestionan idoneidad de nuevos magistrados suplentes de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de El Salvador

04/17/2026

Claus Arthur Flores Acosta, Joaquín Vallejos Díaz, and Jesús Ulises García became the three new alternate justices on El Salvador’s Supreme Court (CSJ), but an expert consulted by LA PRENSA GRÁFICA analyzed whether their profiles are in fact the most suitable...

Codefam founder Guadalupe Mejía, who searched for the disappeared during the civil war, has died — Muere la fundadora de Codefam, Guadalupe Mejía, una buscadora de desaparecidos en el conflicto armado

04/17/2026

The Committee of Families of the Imprisoned and Disappeared (Codefam) announced Thursday the death of one of its founders, Mother Guadalupe Mejía, who was among the family members searching for the disappeared during the Salvadoran civil war. “Codefam El...

Ministry of Health Reports 229 New HIV Cases Through Early April in El Salvador — Ministerio de Salud reporta 229 nuevos casos de VIH hasta inicios de abril en El Salvador

04/17/2026

As of April 4, 2026, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) has recorded 229 new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country, of which 85% are concentrated in the male population and the remaining 15% in women. The data is available on the website where...