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 […]
(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 […]
(ARTICULO DE GLENDA GIRON ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO EL 26 DE ABRIL DE 2020 POR “SÉPTIMO SENTIDO”) In developed countries, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is related to pre-existent conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension. It means that the deterioration of the purifying function of the kidneys comes as a consequence of the previous failure of other […]
Amid the latest power struggle El Salvador is enduring right now, the Medical Association, whose opinion has been heard in other crisis El salvador has endured before, states they have not been able to participate during the current pandemic. The president of the Medical Association of El Salvador, Milton Brizuela, spoke about the Government’s […]
(SOURCE) The results of the coronavirus tests have shown an increase of 44% in the last four days, according to data published by the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele. In a new update, on the night of Tuesday, April 28, the president revealed 32 new cases of coronavirus, reaching 377 confirmed cases. Last […]
As we informed you before, last Thursday the Legislative Assembly overcame the presidential veto in order to have a law that protects health workers and demanding life insurance for them. Congresspeople also said they wanted to overcome the veto to a law ensuring the return of Salvadorans stranded in different countries, before president Bukele tweeted […]
Last night, president Bukele addressed the nation and declared that there will be 15 more days of quarantine for all Salvadorans. Quarantine was officially declared on March 21st. Nayib Bukele also urged police and military forces to be tougher on people violating quarantine: “I have instructed them to be tougher on people on the […]
Many people left quarantine yesterday expecting to receive money or to be included in the Government’s database, as advised by Nayib Bukele on national television and his own social media. Many people were devastated after not getting anything, national police used pepper spray on others, some were threatening to go inside supermarkets and others were […]
President Nayib Bukele promised $300 USD to people affected by the COVID19 pandemic. First, they said people should log in to the webpage emergencia.covid19.gob.sv. He later said that some people attacked the website and, because of that, it was not working. They created another one: covid19-elsalvador.com, which, after warning you that it might be a […]
President Bukele declared that El Salvador would be in quarantine for 30 days. People that have been found on the streets have been detained and taken to forced quarantine. People have questioned this decision because it was not included in the Decree approved by the Legislative Assembly and it’s up to the soldiers themselves to […]