El Salvador News News El Salvador » Social: El Salvador's president seeks help in caring for country's thousands of stray dogs and cats
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog problem ...
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People display pictures of their relatives detained during the state of emergency established by the government to curb gang violence, as they participate in a protest in San Salvador, El Salvador, ...
News El Salvador » Social: El Salvador Spends on Security, Not Social Welfare: World Bank
A study commissioned by the World Bank shows El Salvador spends a greater portion of government money on security and defense than other countries in Central America, but overall its social spending ...
News El Salvador » Social: CentAm’s Latest Social Security Corruption Scandal Hits El Salvador
El Salvador’s Supreme Court has charged the former director of the country’s social security institute with illicit enrichment, highlighting the agency’s deep-rooted susceptibility to corruption in ...
News El Salvador » Social: Children victimized in El Salvador’s anti-gang crackdown, rights group alleges
MEXICO CITY — Thousands of poverty-stricken children in El Salvador have suffered arbitrary detention, torture and other abuse as part of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs,” Human Rights Watch ...
News El Salvador » Social: HanesBrands Earns Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Supporting At-Risk Youth in El Salvador
Hanes and its employees partner with Glasswing International to improve schools and offer afterschool programs to keep children safe and engaged WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HanesBrands, a ...
News El Salvador » Social: El Salvador: New law guarantees social programs
El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved the Social Development and Protection Law on April 3. The law was presented by President Mauricio Funes last year to ensure the groundbreaking social ...
News El Salvador » Social: In El Salvador, churches are essential to ending gang violence. But the government’s crackdown could hurt those efforts.
A three-day weekend of extreme gang violence in El Salvador, March 25 to March 27, ended with 87 people dead. March 26, when 62 people were killed, was the deadliest day since the country’s civil war ...
News El Salvador » Social: Trump administration considers sending American criminals to Central America prisons
WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump is maintaining his stance against facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported and currently held in a notorious ...
News El Salvador » Social: The collapse of El Salvador's bitcoin dream
In 2021, El Salvador caught the world's attention by becoming the first country to make cryptocurrency legal tender, alongside the US dollar. Salvadoran businesses are now free to decide whether or ...