Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Internal crisis in the Supreme Court

Fitch Ratings has downgraded El Salvador’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’. In Fitch’s view, weakening of institutions and concentration of power in the presidency have increased policy unpredictability, and the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender has added uncertainty about the potential for an IMF program that would unlock financing for […]

The Legislative Assembly has voted

Around 1 AM this morning the Legislative Assembly ended their session. There were plans to approve a new decree for the current pandemic after many Human Rights abuses have been reported at national and international level.   #Teleprensa33 | #ElSalvadorEnCuarentena Distintas organizaciones sociales presentaron un comunicado, dirigido hacia el presidente @nayibbukele y donde le hacen […]

El Salvador update 16-4-20 / Actualización

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Today the Legislative Assembly must analyze whether the restriction of rights during the pandemic is extended, as requested by President Nayib Bukele. Last Sunday they decided to extend it just for four days. The journalist Fernando Romero (whom the president previously excluded from an event) explains the reforms that various groups […]