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Presidential Candidates Opposing Bukele Say They Distrust the Abroad Voting Process
Days after the remote electronic voting of Salvadorans abroad began, the presidential candidates opposing incumbent president Nayib Bukele remarked that they distrusted the voting process abroad. The 2024 elections are the first time Salvadorans residing abroad can vote remotely online. As of January 16, more than 90,000 Salvadorans have voted … Read more
UFG Survey: Nayib Bukele With 70.9% Voting Intention and New Ideas With 57 Deputies
According to the survey published today by the Center for Citizen Studies of the Francisco Gavidia University (UFG), Nayib Bukele will win the presidency in the first round of voting, and the New Ideas political party will win 57 of the 60 seats at the Legislative Assembly. The survey reveals … Read more
Nayib Bukele and New Ideas Supporters Celebrate Record Voting Abroad. 2024 Elections
It has been about eight days since remote voting for the 2024 presidential and legislative started; this is the first time Salvadorans residing abroad can cast their votes for president and legislators remotely via the internet. So far, the voting process has proven to be a success. Within the initial … Read more
Organized Crime Blamed for Half of Latin America’s Homicides
Organized crime is responsible for at least half of the homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean, home to the world’s highest regional homicide rate, according to a new study.The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently published its 4th Global Study on Homicide, which included a section examining how organized crime drives violence in Latin America and the Caribbean… Read more
Remote Electronic Voting Begins for Salvadorans Residing Abroad
This Saturday, January 6, at 00:00, the Salvadoran Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) enabled electronic voting for Presidential and legislative elections. 741,094 Salvadorans who have a Unique Identity Document (DUI) with an address abroad can begin casting their votes. The electoral calendar began this morning and will close on February 4 … Read more
Organizations Ask That the Arrest Warrant Against Ruben Zamora Be Withdrawn
Social organizations are speaking against the arrest warrant issued by the San Francisco Gotera Investigative Court against the former ambassador and politician, Ruben Zamora, for the crime of personal concealment in the case of the El Mozote massacre. The organizations contend that the arrest warrant amounts to political persecution and … Read more
El Salvador Will Investigate the Existence of Oil and Natural Gas in Its Territory
The Economic Commission of the Legislative Assembly agreed yesterday to reform the Hydrocarbons Law and convert it into a “Law on the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits.” This law will empower the Executive Hydroelectric Commission of the Lempa River (CEL) to contract geological and geophysical studies of the subsoil … Read more
