President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has reached out to the governments of Mexico and El Salvador through back channels about taking in some of the millions of undocumented migrants set to be expelled under his mass deportation plan, people familiar with the...
El Salvador has passed sweeping cybersecurity and “data protection” laws that human rights advocates warn could undermine media freedom and privacy rights. “These new laws could be used to delete online publications that are critical of...
Dr. Henríquez, as he has requested to be called to protect his identity and shield his family from retaliation, worked for the Ministry of Health for 10 years and even held the position of director of health units. In 2021, he was arbitrarily detained and later...
El Salvador, a country of just over six million people, has been the site of several bold monetary experiments. In 2001, the U.S. dollar became the country’s sole official currency. Twenty years later, on September 7, 2021, it made history by becoming the first nation...
As with many other issues, the presidential narrative on metallic mining in El Salvador is filled with fallacies. Some are exaggerations while others are outright lies through which Nayib Bukele attempts to convince the public about alleged benefits of the most...
The news of the wedding that took place in the central garden of San Salvador’s National Palace went viral on social media, sparking a wave of reactions over the past weekend. Most internet users condemned the use of the heritage building for a private event, as...
