In less than a decade, El Salvador has gone from the murder capital of the world to having one of the lowest homicide rates in the Western Hemisphere. President Nayib Bukele has been at the helm of this radical transformation. Since taking office, he has led one of...
The government of El Salvador added $6,370 million to the total public debt in just two years, from June 2022 to June 2024, according to data from the Central Bank of the Republic (BCR). In June this year, the total amount reached $30,957 million, taking into account...
On Sunday night, President Nayib Bukele posted on his X account the start of the third phase of his economic plan, focusing on logistics. He announced that Turkish company Yilport Holdings will join CEPA to create a mixed economy partnership to operate the Acajutla...
The silence that the Nuevas Ideas bench kept for several days about the demands of the population, mainly on social media, to disclose the information of their support staff hires generated a negative impact on their image. According to a digital measurement carried...
On the night of June 1, 2024, Nayib Bukele hosted a gala dinner at the Presidential House to celebrate the start of his second term. El Faro obtained an almost 11-minute recording of the private speech Bukele gave to attendees: his brothers, advisors, cabinet members,...
A reduction in spending or an increase in revenue by more than $1 billion over the next three years, as part of preliminary agreements between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), would administer doses of “bitter medicine” to the...
