One of the architects of Nayib Bukele’s closeness to the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement is Argentine advisor Damian Mathías Merlo Denebardi. Merlo lobbied for the Government of El Salvador through the company Latin American Advisory Group...
The current administration has cut the two budget lines aimed at supporting the finances of the country’s municipalities by $57.2 million in 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Finance. And, as with the electricity subsidy, the budget for this has not...
While the government receives a barrage of comments on social media from citizens claiming that their gas subsidy has been taken away for months, the data from the Ministry of Finance confirms that they have made budget cuts allocated to pay for this benefit for...
Brian Nichols, the US State Department’s official for Latin America, considers the fight against transnational crime in the Americas to be “key” but called for not resorting to states of exception “for too long.” “The fight against...
Constructora El Salvador, a mixed-economy company with both private and public capital, received an international anti-bribery management system certification today. Fernando Avilés represented the company and was identified on the institution’s X (formerly...
For Francisca, every penny counts. She is 65 years old and her household relies on the income from her youngest son’s job, who still lives with her despite being over 30 years old. She cannot work anymore due to her health conditions, especially diabetes, which...
