One month after Nayib Bukele ratified the law that reactivated metallic mining in El Salvador, the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) (Attorney General’s Office), aligned with the government, requested that the five environmentalists from Santa Marta—whose...
After three and a half years of negotiations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorized a $1.4 billion loan for El Salvador, a country without separation of powers that has made a practice of classifying much of the previously accessible public information as...
Trump 2.0 began, as promised, with an onslaught of dictatorial executive orders—initiating massive deportation sweeps, revoking temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, threatening to rescind birthright citizenship and withdrawing federal...
Eugenio Chicas, former magistrate of the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) (Supreme Electoral Tribunal) of El Salvador and a key figure during FMLN party administrations, was brought before courts in San Salvador to face charges of illicit enrichment, according to...
José Maximino Amaya lived in the United States for 20 years, but suddenly lost everything he had built upon being detained and deported to El Salvador under the new immigration policies of Donald Trump’s administration. Amaya, who lived in New Jersey and worked...
The IMF Executive Board approved a new 40-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for El Salvador, with access equivalent to US$1.4 billion. The Board’s decision allows the authorities an immediate disbursement equivalent to around US$113 million. The...
