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...
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...
