FACTUM reports: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) distributed tuna from the Supertuna, Lucky Tuna and Tritún brands, packaged by the Mexican company B-Eminent, which was classified as a shell company by the tax authority of that country for billing simulated operations. The three brands of tuna were included in the food kits distributed […]
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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUI) “La Prensa Gráfica” reports: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requested urgent information from the Salvadoran State regarding the situation of Salvadorans who are stranded abroad. This, after the National Foundation for Development (FUNDE), El Salvador Chapter of International Transparency, requested precautionary measures to the IACHR on July 9, in […]
(ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) Members of the Union of Doctors of the Social Security Institute (SIMETRISSS) denounced that authorities from the Ministry of Health and the Institute itself are not providing them with Personal Protective Equipment to deal with the pandemic of COVID-19. According to the doctors, if supplies have been delivered, the process […]
(PUEDE LEER EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) Today in Spain the trial resumed against Orlando Montano, a former general of the Salvadoran army and for now the only accused as intellectual author of the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two collaborators, committed in 1989 at the Central American University (UCA). These are the witnesses who […]
Diario El Mundo reports: San Miguel, La Unión and Sensuntepeque (Cabañas) have closed their municipal markets and other businesses installed in the commercial areas of those three departmental capitals. Sonsonate and San Francisco Gotera (Morazan) would be taking new actions in the next few hours. The mayor of Sonsonate, Roberto Aquino, announced on his official […]
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 […]
On Saturday, June 20, President Nayib Bukele reported the destitution of Jorge “Koky” Aguilar, the president of the Environmental Fund of El Salvador (FONAES). An article published by Cecibel Romero had previously revealed that his company INSEMA had been awarded a $250,000 dollars contract with the Ministry of Health to provide protection masks amid the […]
Víctor David Castillo Campos, AKA “Piojo”, prosecuted for the aggravated femicide of police officer Carla Ayala, as an accomplice, obtained the benefit of house arrest since the period of provisional detention without a firm sentence can’t be longer than two years. Because of that, women’s organizations and the Human Rights Office are afraid there might […]
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 […]