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Association of Journalists of El Salvador APES Reports 789 Attacks on Journalists in 2024
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s press endured an alarming surge of hostility in 2024, with nearly 800 documented attacks ranging from censorship to physical aggression—marking what media advocates call one of the darkest years for journalistic freedom since … Read more
Reporters Without Borders: Press Freedom Declines in El Salvador as Attacks on Journalists Continue
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Systematic attacks on independent media persist in El Salvador, deepening a decline in press freedom under President Nayib Bukele’s administration, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Thursday. In its 2025 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without … Read more
Political Opposition, Activists, and NGOs Ready to Join Labor Day Marches in San Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Opposition parties, activists, environmentalists, and feminist groups will join thousands expected to take to the streets Thursday for El Salvador’s annual Labor Day march, organizers announced. Participants will gather at Plaza del Divino Salvador del … Read more
El Salvador Seeks to Ease Residency Rules for Foreigners Under New Government Proposal
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Seeking to attract greater foreign investment and participation, El Salvador’s government has proposed changes to its immigration law that would significantly simplify obtaining permanent residency. The Bukele administration submitted a reform initiative to the Legislative … Read more
Salvadoran Catholics Mourn Pope Francis While Honoring the Legacy He Left in El Salvador
The news of Pope Francis’s death has resonated worldwide, but few places feel the loss as profoundly as El Salvador. Devoted Salvadoran Catholics view Pope Francis’s passing not just as the end of a papacy but as the loss of … Read more
Archbishop Escobar Alas Urges the Government Not to Turn El Salvador Into “An International Prison.”
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador risks becoming a “large international prison,” the archbishop of San Salvador warned Sunday, following a wave of U.S. deportations that included alleged gang members from Venezuela and El Salvador. Archbishop José Luis Escobar … Read more