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 […]
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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) After the tragedy in Nejapa exposed once again the lack of coordination in the current civil protection system, the Salvadoran government decided to decree a “red alert” due to the arrival of the tropical storm ETA. Its effects in El Salvador have been diverse. Strong winds are reported in several areas, […]
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, […]
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, […]