Living in El Salvador


El Salvador Mega-Prison CECOT

El Salvador Mega-Prison CECOT: The Terrorism Confinement Center


El Salvador Mega-Prison CECOT, or terrorism confinement center, is a maximum security prison located in Tecoluca San Vicente. The CECOT jail opened in February 2023 and can house 40,000 inmates. El Salvador Mega-Prison was built to house convicted gang members. The government’s reasons for constructing CECOT were to decongest the … Read more

Best places to liv in El Salvador

10 Best places to live in El Salvador. Where to live in El Salvador?


The best places to live in El Salvador are San Salvador, La Libertad, Santa Ana, Santa Tecla, Antiguo Cuscatlan, Suchitoto, Juayua, El Tunco, Ahuachapan, and Chalatenango. El Salvador has excellent living options. If you want urban city living, look at San Salvador, Santa Tecla, or Nuevo Cuscatlan. Also, you have … Read more

MS13, MS-13 or Mara Salvatrucha gang profile

The Menace of Extortion in El Salvador. Breaking the Chains of Shakedowns


Over the last 25 years, extortion in El Salvador has been a formidable and pervasive problem that has cast a shadow of fear and instability over many Salvadorans and businesses. The extortion problem executed by these criminal groups has had profound social, economic, and security implications in the country. This … Read more

All Souls day El Salvador

The ‘Day of the Dead’ sparks painful memories of violence in El Salvador


El Salvador is full of marvelous customs and traditions. Yet, there is one Salvadoran celebration that not many look forward to, me included: The “Day of the Dead” or All Souls Day, when like in many other countries with Christian backgrounds, families visit graveyards to commemorate their deceased loved ones. … Read more

Salvadoran Soccer Team

The Salvadoran National Soccer Team (La Selecta) Continues to Disappoint. But we continue to watch Them!


It is almost 8pm Salvadoran local time, and the National Soccer team is about to take on the Trinidad & Tobago squad; it is a must-win game for the Salvadoran team if they want to improve in the CONCACAF Nations League. Before watching the game, I called friends living on … Read more

El Mozote massacre Monument

Trial of the El Mozote massacre could change El Salvador’s history


The arrest of Roberto Antonio Garay Saravia, a former Salvadoran Army officer by American authorities, could add fuel to the El Mozote massacre case. It has been over 41 years since this dreadful massacre happened, and Salvadorans are still waiting to know what transpired and who did it. The massacre case was reopened in 2016 after 35 years of … Read more

Rural El Salvador

The Struggles of Living in Rural Areas of El Salvador


It is 4 a.m. in rural Ahuachapan in western El Salvador. Rogelio Campos, a worker on a private farm that grows corn and beans and raises cattle and pigs, has already been awake for 30 minutes, ready to start his working day. His wife Maria has been awake for longer. She makes the coffee and … Read more