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 […]
LA PRENSA GRAFICA reports: On December 17, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, arrived at the El Mozote village in Morazán to announce various community works and, according to him, to speed up the process of reparation and vindication of the place, after 39 years of the crime against humanity better known as the […]
(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 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 […]
The Salvadoran Government gave a proposed budget for 2021 on September 30th, this is ARPAS assessment about it: The presentation took place amid exacerbations of the permanent tension between the government and the Legislative Assembly, this time due to the refusal of the Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya, to explain the use of the […]
Puede leer el comunicado en español abajo. Despite the fact that Chalatenango suffered tremendously before and during the civil war and despite the fact that several Organizations hoped that the current government would support their fight for restorative justice, Arcatao, Nueva Trinidad, San Fernando and San Ignacio, four communities of the area, are suffering […]
FACTUM reports: The government of Nayib Bukele used subsidiaries in the energy sector to create his own newspaper. Perforadora Santa Bárbara, one of the La Geo companies, owned by Grupo CEL, established the public limited company El Diario Nacional (EDN), which registered the trademark Diario El Salvador, the official newspaper published by the Executive Branch […]
On September 24, President Nayib Bukele confirmed that El Salvador would not sign the Escazú Agreement, considering that some of its articles do not adapt to the Salvadoran reality. Now, the team promoting the treaty, begins meetings with deputies of the Legislative Assembly to seek adherence through this state body. Focos spoke with César Artiga, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) notified the plaintiffs of the amnesty law, the resolution of unconstitutionality issued. In a letter addressed to José Benjamín Cuellar Martínez and Pedro Antonio Martínez González, the Secretary of the Chamber states that they decided to reschedule for October 30 the […]