On June 1, 2019, El Salvador embarked on a new era with Nayib Bukele’s ascent to power. The young Salvadoran politician and businessman then launched the Plan Control Territorial (Territorial Control Plan), a strategy ostensibly aimed at combating the “high...
Lawmaker Claudia Ortiz, of Vamos, requested the inclusion of an initiative to reform the Ley de Acceso a la Información Pública (Law on Access to Public Information), after a journalistic investigation exposed a case of possible corruption in the government and...
October 31 in El Salvador is recognized as the Day of the Salvadoran Trade Unionist. This year’s commemoration event brought together veteran organizers and a new generation of grassroots leaders, bridging past and present struggles for workers’ rights and...
Dr. María Isabel Rodríguez, one of the most influential figures in the history of medicine and public health in El Salvador, turns 103 this November 5. Her legacy spans more than seven decades of contributions to teaching, research, public administration, and the...
A Salvadoran police officer has confessed to participating in at least 97 murders between 2015 and 2020 as a member of a death squad dedicated to executing alleged gang members, according to the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro. The victims include minors, business...
There was a time in the early to mid-2010s when a common question at Latin American think tank conferences was, “Why is Nicaragua so safe?” At the time, Nicaragua’s neighbors—the so-called Northern Triangle states of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador—were among the...
