Tag Archives: Rolando Castro

Labor day Statement: CRIPDES denounces intimidation and threats by the government against organized labor

On Thursday April 28th, during a press conference, the Minister of Labor said that May 1st marchers will be relatives, collaborators or financiers of criminal groups or gangs of El Salvador.

Two financial blows from the Salvadoran Government

CONTEXT The U.S. Embassy recently approved funding for organizations working in the region, through USAID. The relationship of the Salvadoran government and the US Government is not “solid”, as stated by the Chargé d’ affaires ad Interim Jean Manes: “We have investments in different projects. USAID support is in the hundreds of millions in different […]

Corruption and Nepotism during COVID times

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Last updated: June 3rd, 2021   A guide to all the published reports of corruption, nepotism and unethical purchases in El Salvador during the COVID19 pandemic: $300 dollar bonus: 100 thousand people benefitted with a $300 Government bonus were selected under unknown criteria, according to the Court of Accounts of the Republic. […]