Since midweek, various Facebook pages and X accounts have been circulating the same content touting what they describe as “historic” achievements by Nayib Bukele’s administration in reducing poverty. Voz Pública fact-checked six claims from these social media...
The Salvadoran state has failed to comply with precautionary measures issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to guarantee constitutional lawyer Salvador Enrique Anaya, detained since last June, access to his defense team and protection for his...
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will reportedly finance a US$150 million loan to El Salvador for the implementation of a flood control plan in the San Salvador Metropolitan Area (AMSS). The plan aims to reduce vulnerability to flooding through infrastructure...
The First Court against Organized Crime ordered a medical examination for the ten war veterans and former combatants who are detained on suspicion of plotting an attack during the presidential inauguration on June 1, 2024. They were arrested between May 30 and 31, and...
The number of older adults who will receive the universal basic pension in El Salvador in 2026 will be lower than in 2025, according to the draft budget that the Ministerio de Desarrollo Local (Ministry of Local Development, MINDEL) presented on Friday to the Comisión...
Kevin Balmore Valencia Guillén, 28, died in the early hours of Friday, October 24, after suffering an electric shock on Monday, October 20, while working for the Programa Cero Ocio (Zero Idleness Program) of the Dirección General de Centros Penales (General...
