Attorney Ingrid Escobar has become the face of the fight by the Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid), a human rights organization that has denounced both nationally and internationally the alleged abuses committed during the enforcement of the state...
Congress created TPS in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strive, giving people authorization to work in increments of up to 18 months at a time. About 1 million immigrants from 17 countries are protected by TPS,...
Data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reveals that El Salvador’s public debt reached $32.053 billion last November, representing an increase of $2.457 billion compared to the total amount at the end of 2023. These figures position El Salvador as the most...
When Nayib Bukele assumed the Presidency of the Republic in June 2019, the Ministry of Defense had an assigned budget of $145.2 million. Five years later, the budget for 2025 has doubled, reaching $314.3 million, placing this state department in sixth place among...
A total of 32 organizations and social movements have denounced “double jeopardy” in the judicial case against former FMLN veterans, now environmentalists, accused of the murder of María Inés Alvarenga, committed in Santa Marta in August 1989, in the...
Five more people were dismissed this Monday, January 6, from the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH), according to internal sources who requested anonymity and report over 100 dismissals occurring between December 16, 2024, and the present date. “And the...
