There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in El Salvador during the year. Reports of gang violence remained at a historic low under the state of exception as mass arrests suppressed …

El Salvador’s dollarized economy has averaged 2.1% growth from 2001 to 2024, the lowest rate in Central America. Insecurity, poverty (30.3% in 2023), vulnerability to climate-related shocks, and low …

The government of El Salvador has begun implementing a series of prevention and reintegration initiatives which, while valuable, must be prioritized, strengthened, and extended to all detainees, …

In this report, the IACHR addresses a series of additional measures in the area of citizen security adopted by the Salvadoran State in the fight against criminal groups described inside El Salvador …

As of August, the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES) reported two cases of government officials monitoring of journalists, two cases of surveilling journalists, and one case of illegally …

Congress has had significant interest in El Salvador, a small Central American nation that has had a large percentage of its population living in the United States since the country’s civil conflict (1980 …

El Salvador has maintained an average growth rate of 2 percent between 2000 and 2019. Its economic performance is closely linked to the US economy, particularly through high remitance rates (26 …