In the first half of 2025, the Chivo Pets veterinary hospital spent its entire budget allotted for the year. This is reflected in the latest budget execution update on the government’s Transparencia Fiscal (Fiscal Transparency Portal), corresponding to the use of...
It is 2015, 3:50 in the morning on a typical day for a doctor we will call Milton. At that hour, this health worker arrives on his old motorcycle at Hospital San Rafael de Santa Tecla. Access for medical staff is via a side street adjacent to the hospital, just where...
The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Gustavo Villatoro, sent the Legislative Assembly a bill to amend at least six articles of the Law Against Organized Crime that would, among other things, extend by two more years the waiting period for the Attorney...
A month ago, Laura (a pseudonym) had an appointment at a medical unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS). A patient with hypothyroidism and high blood pressure, she recalls that when first diagnosed, her appointments were scheduled every four months...
Díaz-Canel, Maduro, and Ortega are not the only embodiments of autocracy in Latin America. On July 31, 2025, El Salvador’s Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly), controlled by President Nayib Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party, passed a reform that removes presidential...
The state of exception, in place in El Salvador since 2022, has led to numerous human rights violations by the state. National and international organizations have noted the disproportionate impact of the state of exception on the most vulnerable groups, including...
