Victoria Delgado, a 25-year-old Salvadoran journalist, never imagined that a simple work trip would radically alter her life. She had packed her bag to attend a four-day workshop in San José, Costa Rica, with no inkling that this luggage would signal the onset of a...
Ruth López, a constitutional lawyer and educator who has devoted her life to defending the fundamental rights of Salvadorans and advancing public transparency, will receive the American Bar Association 2025 International Human Rights Award. The award...
Senior officials signed documents assuring the IMF that the country’s BTC stock is not increasing. The transactions exist, but they appear to be asset reallocation rather than outright purchases. El Salvador’s much-publicized plan to buy “one bitcoin a day” looks...
The flyers circulated on social media for at least four hours after noon on May 2, 2025. They were documents designed to look like police files, all bearing the logo of the División Especial contra el Crimen Organizado (Special Division against Organized Crime, DECO)...
For decades, journalism has shaped El Salvador’s history, providing the public with information that guides everyday choices and the nation’s broader course. Today, however, reporters face harassment, stigmatization, and even criminalization—hazards that have...
Electoral expert Malcolm Cartagena, renowned for his role in the Centro de Monitoreo Político of Acción Ciudadana (Political Monitoring Center of Citizen Action), announced on Friday his forced departure from El Salvador, driven by deteriorating health and escalating...
