Tag Archives: Francisco Alabí

Attack to Doctors without borders and FMLN supporters / Ataques a Medicos sin Fronteras y simpatizantes del FMLN

(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 […]

Eventful week for the Salvadoran Government

(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 […]

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, […]

Gatoencerrado reports that Ministry of Health purchased boots from the Minister’s relatives

Gato Encerrado reports: On April 17, Minister of Health Francisco Alabí authorized and purchased rubber boots for medical personnel for $225,000. The purchase order number 133/2020 show the signature of Alabí and Celina Quiñonez. She is president and legal representative of Autodo S.A de C.V., a company dedicated to selling spare parts. Celina is also […]

Salvadoran Government do not show up to the Legislative Assembly to explain their request for another quarantine

On Monday, 265 new cases of COVID were reported in El Salvador. The Salvadoran Government is asking for another quarantine, but the Legislative Assembly is asking for more information after several reports of dubious purchases made during the previous lockdown and to make sure such initiative will comply this time with the ruling of the […]

Union of Health workers denounce abuses from the Venezuelan team advising Nayib Bukele

The Constitutional Chamber of El Salvador ruled that president Bukele’s latest decree was unconstitutional and that he needed to negotiate with the Legislative Assembly to extend the lockdown that started on March 21st, Yesterday (June 10th), the president went on a Twitter rant against this decision and even against the organizations asking the District Attorney’s […]

15 dead and 143 people sick of COVID19 in a nursing home in El Salvador

(NOTICIA EN ESPAÑOL AQUI)   Out of the 220 older adults in the Sara Zaldívar nursing home, which is part of the care centers of the Salvadoran Institute for Comprehensive Rehabilitation (ISRI), 111 have been infected with Covid-19. This number represents 50% of the older adult population. In addition, 32 center employees have tested positive […]

How Carlos Henriquez got COVID19 on a containment center in El Salvador

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 […]