Tag Archives: covid 19

Bukele: COVID vaccines for El Salvador

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, […]

In memory of the Salvadoran Health Personnel

DIARIO CO-LATINO reported about the event organized on October 28 by Movimiento por la Salud “Salvador Allende”/ Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social (ALAMES) to commemorate the health personnel who died fighting COVID19 in El Salvador. The Movement for Health “Salvador Allende” / Latin American Association of Social Medicine (ALAMES) rendered a memorial recognition to 142 […]

Ministry of Health classifies COVID-related information until 2022

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, […]

Third update: Rural Women and COVID in El Salvador

To commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC) in alliance with the women’s roundtable of CRIPDES are organizing a new online event titled:   Rural Women organizing and violations to their Human Rights during the COVID19 Pandemic   During one hour, our speakers will talk about the different challenges […]

Resuming the sistering meetings / Retomando las reuniones de hermanamiento

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   The sistering meetings resumed today. Some attended virtually. The new PROGRESO representative had to leave the meeting before presenting his report; but the rest of the regions shared the following:   UCRES Felicia: The psychosocial care processes have already started in some communities. We do it in partnership with ACISAM. People […]

Jóvenes en San Vicente se reúnen de nuevo / Youth in San Vicente meet again

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Due to the COVID19 pandemic, meetings with high school scholars in San Vicente had been suspended. Today the group met again keeping their social distance. This space was used for the students to reflect on the challenges they have faced during these months. The promoter Alfredo López divided the participants into […]

Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Salvadoran Organized Women

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   National members of U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities Network have been part of the Movimientos de Mujeres, which is a movement in solidarity to deal with the struggles of the women’s organizations; these organizations are in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean countries in effort to resist repression and extractivism […]

Child pregnancy numbers in the first semester of 2020

Defenders of women’s rights warned that in El Salvador there is a considerable increase in abuse and pregnancies of girls and adolescents amid confinement by the COVID-19 pandemic in a country that, they say, has a high level of impunity in terms of sexual violence. Silvia Juárez, from the Organization of Salvadoran Women for Peace […]

Corruption and Nepotism during COVID times

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Last updated: June 3rd, 2021   A guide to all the published reports of corruption, nepotism and unethical purchases in El Salvador during the COVID19 pandemic: $300 dollar bonus: 100 thousand people benefitted with a $300 Government bonus were selected under unknown criteria, according to the Court of Accounts of the Republic. […]

The Minister of Finance has resigned

Nelson Fuentes has resigned as Minister of Finances. El Diario de Hoy reports: Nelson Fuentes’ departure comes at a time when the government of Nayib Bukele tries to reduce criticism for the use of public funds to buy food in Mexico and, in turn, get more financing to face the loss of income due to […]