El Faro is publishing the story of Carlos Henríquez, who caught COVID19 after being sent to “The Olympic Village” (Villa Olimpica), a containment center run by the government. The Ministry of Health tweeted wrong facts about his death a few days ago. The original article written by Carlos Dada in Spanish can (and should) be […]
Violence has increased once again in El Salvador. On Friday, 22 homicides were reported on Friday and president Bukele ordered lockdown of prisons on Twitter. Since Friday, “the murder of no less than 40 people can be confirmed”, reported La Prensa Gráfica. FACTUM published the following analysis of the situation: This Friday, April 24, […]
As we informed you before, last Thursday the Legislative Assembly overcame the presidential veto in order to have a law that protects health workers and demanding life insurance for them. Congresspeople also said they wanted to overcome the veto to a law ensuring the return of Salvadorans stranded in different countries, before president Bukele tweeted […]
On Thursday afternoon, with 59 votes, the deputies of the Legislative Assembly overcame the presidential veto to the decree that sought life insurance for health personnel attending the COVID-19 pandemic (X). Decree 620, approved by the Legislative Assembly on April 1st, contemplates the delivery of personal protection supplies to health employees, training to treat patients […]
Around 1 AM this morning the Legislative Assembly ended their session. There were plans to approve a new decree for the current pandemic after many Human Rights abuses have been reported at national and international level. #Teleprensa33 | #ElSalvadorEnCuarentena Distintas organizaciones sociales presentaron un comunicado, dirigido hacia el presidente @nayibbukele y donde le hacen […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Today the Legislative Assembly must analyze whether the restriction of rights during the pandemic is extended, as requested by President Nayib Bukele. Last Sunday they decided to extend it just for four days. The journalist Fernando Romero (whom the president previously excluded from an event) explains the reforms that various groups […]
On April 6th, president Nayib Bukele gave instructions to the armed forces to be tougher on people violating the lockdown declared amid the COVID19 pandemic. “I have instructed them to be tougher on people on the street. I don’t want to see people complaining when their car is taken away and they taken to the […]
Last night, president Bukele addressed the nation and declared that there will be 15 more days of quarantine for all Salvadorans. Quarantine was officially declared on March 21st. Nayib Bukele also urged police and military forces to be tougher on people violating quarantine: “I have instructed them to be tougher on people on the […]
Many people left quarantine yesterday expecting to receive money or to be included in the Government’s database, as advised by Nayib Bukele on national television and his own social media. Many people were devastated after not getting anything, national police used pepper spray on others, some were threatening to go inside supermarkets and others were […]
Nayib Bukele decreed a 21 days quarantine throughout the territory, due to the threat of Coronavirus COVID-19. He assured there were no confirmed or suspected cases in the country and that these measures were preventive (X). Meetings of more than 500 people will be prohibited during thosee 21 days that started yesterday, March 11th. The […]