The man who has referred to himself as the “world’s coolest dictator” appears to be strolling toward another election victory. President Nayib Bukele, a millennial who sports a trademark backward-facing baseball cap, is the odds-on favorite to win El...
The first headlines from the 2024 election in El Salvador are out: Over 140,000 ballots have been cast to date from the United States in the presidential elections set for Sunday, almost 40 times the diaspora votes registered in 2019. Nayib Bukele presents the figures...
In a context of serious human rights violations and a deep deterioration of the rule of law, on February 4th, 2024, the Salvadoran citizens will elect a president, vice president, and deputies of the Legislative Assembly, stated the Washington Office on Latin American...
Fourteen US congresspeople signed a letter addressed to the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, expressing their concern about the “democratic setbacks” and the “increase in reports of human rights violations in El Salvador”, leading up to...
Official public consultation documents reveal that 27 officials have received more than $4.9 million in loans from the state Banco Hipotecario, mainly aimed at supporting medium and small entrepreneurs (22 to acquire properties in privileged areas of El Salvador...
The International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES), one of President Nayib Bukele’s emblematic promises to combat corruption, determined that officials close to the president participated in a corruption scheme in which there was favoritism to...
