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...
El Salvador expects to reach agreement with the IMF in the next two to three weeks on a $1.3bn loan programme in return for changes to its pioneering use of bitcoin as legal tender and reductions in government deficits, according to two people close to the talks. An...
The number of Salvadorans detained in Mexico due to irregular migration status throughout 2024 has increased compared to 2023. This is evidenced by figures from the Unidad de Política Migratoria, Registro e Identidad de Personas (Migration Policy, Registration and...
In late 2022, Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared “war on extortion,” imposing a “state of exception” to fight the country’s street gangs. The emergency decree covered high-crime areas in the country’s two largest cities, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula,...
The Discourse of “Responsible Mining” In a recent television broadcast, the president argued that opposing mining is absurd, stating that “there is no country where mining is not exploited.” He added that denying this industry is denying...
