Salvadoran families faced a new financial challenge in July, as official data from the National Office of Statistics and Census (ONEC) revealed that the price of the Basic Food Basket (CBA), for both urban and rural sectors, increased by over $5 compared to June. This...
The figure of the current President of the Republic, Nayib Armando Bukele, is of high importance to Salvadorans, as reflected in the latest social mood survey by Francisco Gavidia University (UFG). The survey asked Salvadorans what was most important to them: the...
The news about the debt restructuring announced by the Salvadoran Banking Association, ABANSA, has raised concerns. And it’s not without reason, as the money that banks invest in Treasury Bills (LETES) and Treasury Certificates (CETES) belongs to the depositors....
Juan Pappier, the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), says that the United States Government is sending signals of a change in strategy in its relationship with El Salvador, and as a result, has reduced confrontation and criticism towards President Nayib...
With a massive data leak just six months before the general elections of 2024, electoral experts and political parties overseeing the process have called for a thorough investigation by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). Members of the Electoral Oversight...
Fear and relief. Mentioning Nayib Bukele in El Salvador evokes a security model that has cornered the maras, the main criminal organizations in the Central American country, while also instilling terror in parts of society due to the relentless war against the gangs....
