In summary Bukele claimed to be building the Rosales Hospital from scratch, but the financing was approved in 2018 by a legislature controlled by Arena and FMLN. The cost of the new Rosales Hospital was reduced to $61.2 million, funded with government funds, instead...
When Nayib Bukele was unconstitutionally re-elected as president of El Salvador in February 2024, he and his family had become landowners during his first term. In 2023 alone, the Bukele clan acquired 361 hectares, 92% of the lands they currently own, through...
Neither were members of the feared criminal groups that have wrought havoc on Salvadoran society, she said. Her family, however, has been caught in the middle of both gang violence and President Nayib Bukele’s controversial crackdown to halt the bloodshed....
Summary: The police has kept information on missing persons classified since 2022. Families of missing individuals demand justice, but authorities are not addressing their demands. Search protocols are applied selectively by authorities, according to a report by the...
The ruling party Nuevas Ideas is on the brink of appointing a political relative of the Housing Minister, Michelle Sol, and Legislative Assembly President, Ernesto Castro, to the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE). The candidate is Roxana Seledonia Soriano de Viaud,...
When Nayib Bukele was still crafting a presidential image and running for mayor of San Salvador in November 2014, he participated in a meeting organized by sexual diversity groups. Without hesitation, he claimed he wanted to “be on the right side of history and...