Tag: El Salvador
Salvadorans Do Not Forget the Jesuits Massacred During the Civil War
Former President Cristiani was implicated in the 1989 murders of the six Jesuits and two Salvadoran women. On Wednesday, the community at the Central American University (UCA) remembered the victims of the civil war in El Salvador (1980-1992) on the 35th anniversary of the massacre of six Jesuit priests, five of them Spanish, and two […]
November 14, 2024
Salvadoran Parliament Approves New Extension of the State of Emergency
The right to legal defense for detainees and the inviolability of telecommunications will remain suspended. On Tuesday night, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly, dominated by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas (NI), approved the thirty-second extension of the “State of Emergency.” RELATED: El Salvador: Trial Against Santa Marta Environmentalists Ends The extension of the state of emergency […]
November 6, 2024
Salvadorans Protest Against President Bukele’s Budget Cuts For Health And Education
The right-wing politician seeks to satisfy IMF conditionalities by implementing adjustment policies. On Saturday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of San Salvador to protest against cuts to the Health and Education budgets, the freezing of salary benefits, and the reduction of jobs. RELATED: Bukele Invested for Second Term Amid Incostitutionality Claims On September […]
October 19, 2024
El Salvador: Trial Against Santa Marta Environmentalists Ends
‘They are being tried in order to silence their struggle and open the doors to extractivism,’ COPINH denounced. On Tuesday, the trial against a group of Salvadoran environmentalists, who are being prosecuted for alleged war crimes committed in 1989, concluded in the Sensuntepeque court. RELATED: El Salvador: Nuclear Reactor by 2030 The activists involved in […]
October 16, 2024
El Salvador: Seven children died from dengue in 2024
According to the Pan American Health Organization, there is no specialized drug for this.
August 12, 2024
El Salvador: Children’s Rights NGOs Report Child Arrests
“have committed the crimes of arbitrary acts and breach of duty by failing to respond to the deaths of children in prisons and minors who have been orphaned by the capture or death of their parents”.
August 8, 2024
Human Rights NGOs Denounce Crimes Against Humanity in the Prisons of El Salvador
The civil human rights organization, Legal Humanitarian Relief (SJH), denounced on Monday before the Attorney General’s Office the Minister of Security of El Salvador, Gustavo Villatoro, and the director of Penal Centers, Osiris Luna for humanitarian outrages and crimes against humanity. RELATED:11 Deaths Due to the Heavy Rains in El Salvador According to the NGO, […]
July 22, 2024
Heavy Rains Leave Over 7,000 People affected in Central America
So far, the countries most affected by the ravages of the rains have been El Salvador and Honduras. In the third week of June, intense rains in Central America have left at least 16 dead and over 7,000 people affected. As of Tuesday, the most affected countries had been El Salvador and Honduras, with 11 […]
June 21, 2024
11 Deaths Due to the Heavy Rains in El Salvador
In addition to the deaths, 880 people have been evacuated from their homes due to the destruction of rainfall. So far, 11 people have died due to the heavy rains that hit El Salvador throughout the weekend and are expected to continue for the next seven days. RELATED: Salvador: State of National Emergency, Inclement Weather […]
June 17, 2024
Salvador: State of National Emergency, Inclement Weather
From the early hours of Sunday morning until 04:30 on Monday, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) reported an accumulated rainfall of 307.6 millimeters in the district of Apaneca in the department of Ahuachapán, a figure that could reach 700 in other areas of the country in the coming days.