Two out of every 100 Salvadoran children lack the basic necessities for survival, according to the latest report from the World Bank and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published in 2024. The document estimates that more than 35,870 Salvadoran...
The “thousand days without homicides” slogan is mere presidential advertising. It does not inform, much less analyze. This advertising, like any other, urges the public to consume the commodified figure of the tenant of Casa Presidencial (Presidential House). The...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday the designation of the Barrio 18 gang as a transnational terrorist organization, accusing it of threatening U.S. national security. With this, the gang joins the same category as its historic rival,...
Without prior notice, in mid-August 2025, vehicular access to Poza Verde beach on Lake Ilopango became restricted. First, a dozen one-meter-high concrete posts were installed, clad in black metal with two yellow reflective strips at the top; then, a boom gate with a...
On September 22, 2025, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued Resolution 66/2025, granting precautionary measures for Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro after finding her to be in a serious and urgent situation, given that her rights to life, personal...
On September 22, 2025, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 67/2025, through which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Salvador Enrique Anaya Barraza, upon determining that he faces a situation of grave and urgent risk, as...
