Salvadoran historian Héctor Lindo criticized the release of a promotional video about the San Salvador city center and the newly revamped National Palace as “a disrespect to our intelligence.” The Palace, which reopened on August 3rd, now showcases a new...
The Legislative Assembly, the official name for the Salvadoran congress, is vital for Nayib Bukele. Dominated by the president since his party, Nuevas Ideas, won a supermajority in 2021, the legislature handed him the Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s...
The $26.8 million budget increase for the Presidential House (CAPRES) approved last May by the Legislative Assembly served to allocate and reinforce the State Intelligence Agency (OIE) with $6 million. This information is detailed in the “State Budget Execution...
El Salvador has the highest public debt in relation to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in all of Central America, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s forecasts, the global reference institution on the subject. By 2024, El Salvador’s...
A recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on violations of human rights in children and adolescents during the state of exception in El Salvador concludes that the security measure stigmatizes and criminalizes young populations. This assertion is supported by...
A sergeant of the National Civil Police (PNC) and his family are suffering just like hundreds of other families whose members have been fraudulently, arbitrarily, and unjustly arrested under the state of exception, accused of being gang members with records created...
