The Consorcio Observa El Salvador (OES) presented a study titled “Map of Institutional Transformations in El Salvador 2019–2024” this Thursday, analyzing the concentration and centralization of power within the government and the modification in the...
Nayib Bukele had mixed emotions. He smiled as he stood for official photographs, but the Salvadorian president admitted he was filled with sadness and nostalgia. “A great friend is leaving,” Bukele declared on January 18, 2021, at the farewell ceremony he organized...
In her testimony at “The State of Exception in El Salvador: Taking Stock” hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, WOLA’s Director for Central America, Ana María Méndez Dardón, addressed...
Summary: Nayib Bukele has suggested reactivating metallic mining in El Salvador, which has been banned since 2017 following years of environmental organizations’ advocacy. The president claimed that only El Salvador has banned metallic mining, a statement he...
The Cristo de la Paz monument, located on the road to Comalapa near San Marcos, served as the initial meeting point for relatives of individuals detained under the state of exception, with the goal of reaching Casa Presidencial (Capres). The nearly 10-kilometer march...
El Salvador will begin negotiating a trade agreement with Mercosur in 2025, according to official sources. Seeking this agreement, El Salvador “aspires to become a commercial bridge between Central America and Mercosur,” said the Minister of Economy, María...
