El Salvador

Ambientalistas e indígenas rechazan proyecto hidroeléctrico por riesgo a perder acceso al agua

Ambientalistas e indígenas de El Salvador rechazan proyecto hidroeléctrico por perder acceso al agua

abril 15, 2024

* La ampliación de un proyecto hidroeléctrico que se nutre de un caudal en una zona rural del oeste del país enfrenta a empresarios con una de las últimas comunidades de origen indígena en El Salvador. ** Una resolución judicial […]

Tourist wharf in El Salvador: 24 million secrets in Chinese investment

Tourist wharf in El Salvador: 24 million secrets in Chinese investment

abril 11, 2024

*Of those working on the project, 90% are Chinese who are about to finish the construction that President Nayib Bukele is promoting at the Port of La Libertad. **The information about all the agreements for the project valued at US$24 […]

China: The Asian Giant that could squash El Salvador’s Economy

abril 11, 2024

*Parsifal D’Sola, an analyst on Chinese foreign affairs and the director of the Andrés Bello Foundation, considered that the commercial approach had more of a geopolitical purpose. **Federico Hernández, an analyst on Salvadorian politics, emphasized that negotiations about a possible […]

The Ironic Lack of Transparency in the Construction of the Glass Library

The Ironic Lack of Transparency in the Construction of the Glass Library Promised to El Salvador by China

abril 11, 2024

* China erects the new national library of El Salvador in complete secrecy.  ** The building, located in the heart of the historic center, is the second visible work resulting from Chinese cooperation in this Central American country.  ** Last […]

Two years of Bitcoin in El Salvador, Nayib Bukele's flagship project

Two years of Bitcoin in El Salvador, Nayib Bukele’s flagship project that does not stand out

abril 11, 2024

* The Salvadoran president announced in 2021 that this Central American country would be the world capital of cryptocurrency.  ** The government spent $120 million and created the Chivo e-wallet to popularize the use of the cryptocurrency, but it fell […]

Impunity prevails in El Salvador for the forced disappearance of children

Impunity prevails in El Salvador for the forced disappearance of children during the civil war

abril 11, 2024

* The pioneering organization in the search for children abducted by the army in the 1980s continues to face a lack of interest from the government in power.  ** The authoritarian government of President Nayib Bukele weakens the institutions created […]