(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) January 31, 2021 brought shocking acts of violence to El Salvador. Deustche Welle reports that a team of DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (DWB) was attacked at 3 am in the Ilopango area. Luis Romero, coordinator in the country, indicated that his colleagues, “after the violent incident, were treated by DWB medical personnel […]
The Salvadoran government has not transferred 8% of the national budget to the 262 municipalities for eight months. The amount owed is approximately $ 160 million. This amount is known as “FODES”. The Salvadoran president argues that there are not enough funds and the municipalities have stated that this is the president’s way to pressure […]
EL PRONUNCIAMIENTO EN ESPAÑOL ESTÁ ABAJO President Nayib Bukele announced on January 13th that he eliminated from the government cabinet, the position of Commissioner for Youth Projects, which was held by the radio host Salvador Alas, known as “La Choly.” “I wish my friend Salvador all the best in his return to broadcasting”, Bukele […]
(ORIGINAL ARTICLE AVAILABLE HERE) El violento asalto al Capitolio por extremistas pro-Trump ENFATIZA el rostro de las crisis por venir. Para mediados de febrero de 2021, las muertes estadounidenses por COVID-19 bien podrían superar las 405,400 muertes del país durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Para mediados de mayo, habrán muerto más estadounidenses por […]
On November 20th, the Taskforce for a Center on Race, Immigration, and Social Justice (CRISJ), in collaboration with U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities, Central Americans For Empowerment (CAFÉ), the Latin American Minor Program at Sac State, and the Multicultural Center, held a panel discussion focused on how the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections will […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) It’s only Wednesday and the start of December but several things have happened in El Salvador. Here’s a sample of some news reports: Ministry of Tourism to go to trial for payments made to Chepe Diablo’s hotels and to Minister Alabí’s cousin The Minister of Tourism Morena Valdez will face […]
Last Wednesday, November 25th, Nayib Bukele addressed the nation to explain his plan of vaccination for El Salvador. Afterwards, the Presidential House said in a now deleted tweet that the army would be in charge of its application. This year, the army has become a great ally of the presidential house, supporting with “sanitary” fences, […]
EL DIARIO DE HOY reports: From September 24 to 30 of this year, the Ministry of National Defense (MDN) spent just over $ 249,000 to buy advertising space on various Salvadoran TV channels. Between October 6 and 7, COMPRASAL (the electronic public procurement system) published a list of 15 purchases of air time that […]
EL FARO reports: With the majority vote of three commissioners recently elected by Nayib Bukele and who were elected less than 3 months ago, the Institute of Access to Public Information (IAIP) revoked a resolution of its own from last June. As the highest authority on access to public information, the IAIP had ordered the […]
FACTUM reports: On June 11, 2020, when the official number of COVID cases in El Salvador reached 3,481, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) made the decision to put documentation on coronavirus tests in the Reserved Information Index. The information regarding the taking, processing and dissemination of results will be classified until June 11, 2022, […]