ARENA lawmaker Francisco Lira said the government has tried to intimidate precandidates for mayor, city council, and lawmaker so they will not participate in the opposition parties’ primaries. “The Nuevas Ideas government has taken it upon itself to try to intimidate...
The country is facing an economic situation marked by high inflation due to the political context in the Middle East, which in recent months drove up international oil prices — effects that are still being felt locally. Specifically, according to the National...
The price of urban basic food staples (CBA) reached $256.70 in April, according to data from the National Office of Statistics and Census (ONEC), an agency of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The amount represents an increase of $9.43 (3.8%) compared to April 2025,...
The number of people who have died in El Salvador’s prisons after being detained under the state of exception, in effect since March 2022, has risen to at least 537, the nongovernmental organization Legal Humanitarian Aid (SJH) reported Wednesday. “The...
Sara gets the weed trimmer ready, holds it in her arms, and after turning it on begins clearing a plot of land behind her house to prepare the soil for planting and other farm work. These are now tasks she does alone, due to the arrest of her son, José Roger Urquía...
The latest report from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), covering the period from May to September, warns that small-scale farmers, primarily those who grow food for their own consumption, have already exhausted their reserves, a situation that...
