El Faro2d
Schools in Shambles and Tent Classrooms: Public Education in Izalco
Before the remodeling began, the only drawback Katherine remembers at the Jorge Lardé Educational Complex was the leaking roof. Katherine is a 17-year-old who has just finished her second year of high ...
El Faro3d
Frozen US Aid Puts Salvadoran Civil Society in a Bind
February 26 was the last day that the investigative journalism magazine GatoEncerrado had a physical newsroom. It was one of 11 Salvadoran media outlets affected by the freezing of U.S. cooperation ...
El Faro11d
IMF Throws $1.4 Billion Lifeline to El Salvador, where Transparency Has Been Shuttered
After three and a half years of negotiations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) endorsed a $1.4 billion credit for El Salvador, a country without a separation of powers and which has imposed a ...
El Faro1y
Bukele’s Airport Project Brings Deforestation and Displacement
The first construction works on El Salvador’s Pacific Airport, a signature Bukele infrastructure project, have displaced 225 families from the communities of Condadillo and Flor de Mangle, in the ...
El Faro11d
San Salvador Vendors Forced to Sell Off Merchandise before 72-Hour Eviction
“We've weathered some tough storms here: Stan, Mitch, earthquakes, wars, gang siege. And we've always come out on top, but we couldn't take this,” said Roberto Orellana with resignation. He is a fruit ...
El Faro7d
Podcast: Just How Close Is Honduras to a China Trade Deal?
CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 20: Honduras claims it is closing in on a free-trade deal with China, but negotiations have lagged since late last year. Xiomara Castro is toning down some public ...
El Faro5d
Miércoles, 12 de marzo de 2025
La cooperación de Estados Unidos a El Salvador se ha traducido en una pérdida de 258 millones de dólares para los años 2024-2025 y ha puesto a la sociedad civil del país en una situación precaria. La ...
El Faro17d
La silenciosa crisis educativa de El Salvador
El Salvador vive una crisis educativa en silencio: datos de docentes, organizaciones y sindicatos, indican que en 2025 habrá menos escuelas y menos estudiantes. El 19 de febrero, la Embajada de ...
El Faro1y
Faithfuls Cling to “Bitcoin Country” after IMF Deal Nixes Bitcoin
A day after El Salvador eliminated bitcoin as legal tender, the only government official to have spoken out on the matter entered a huge hotel room in San Salvador packed with cryptocurrency ...
El Faro9d
Estudiar entre ruinas y bajo carpas en Izalco
Antes de que empezara la remodelación, el único inconveniente que Katherine recuerda en el Complejo Educativo Jorge Lardé, eran las goteras en el techo. Katherine es una joven de diecisiete años que ...
El Faro13d
Vendedores del Centro se ven obligados a rematar su mercadería ante aviso de desalojo
“Aquí hemos pasado buenas tormentas, el Stan, el Mitch, hemos pasado terremotos, guerras, asedio de las pandillas y siempre habíamos salido adelante, pero con esto ya no se pudo”, dijo con resignación ...