February 2025 news in El Salvador centers on cost-of-living debates, government policy shifts, and daily realities shaping how Salvadorans adapt to economic pressures, wages, and housing demands.
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President Nayib Bukele Announces Rosales Hospital is 90% Complete. Yesterday, President Nayib Bukele announced on his X social media account that the Rosales Hospital is 90% completed. The president shared a video of his visit to the construction site, accompanied by Health Minister Francisco Alabi…
El Salvador Welcomes the First Cruise Ship of 2025. The Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) reported that the residential cruise ship The World, known as the largest private yacht on the planet, arrived at the port of Acajutla in Sonsonate. The vessel “The World” is a residential cruise ship where passengers own the luxurious apartments onboard…
Three Criminal Impacts of Revoking Temporary Protected Status “TPS” for Venezuelans in the U.S. The Trump administration officially revoked Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans on February 3. This decision exposes them to deportation, and puts the most vulnerable at risk of falling prey to organized crime…
Responsible Gambling While Traveling: Tips for Visitors to El Salvador. Traveling offers a unique opportunity to explore new cultures, landscapes, and experiences. For some, this includes visiting casinos and engaging in local gambling activities. In El Salvador, the casino scene is an intriguing aspect of the cultural landscape, providing both entertainment and a chance to experience local hospitality…
Deputy Claudia Ortiz declared that VAMOS stands as “the only true opposition” to President Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party. 🇸🇻 In a Diálogo 21 interview, Ortiz said internal divisions in ARENA have left VAMOS as the sole alternative voice in El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly. She emphasized the party’s role in maintaining democratic balance and offering voters a genuine choice…
Canada Declares MS-13 and Six More Latin American Criminal Groups as Terrorist Organizations. The Government of Canada has taken a firm step in its strategy against drug trafficking by designating MS-13 and six other Latin American transnational criminal groups as terrorist organizations. The list of terrorist groups with this terrorist designation are the MS-13, the Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Michoacan Family, the Gulf Cartel, and the United Cartels…
El Salvador’s coffee industry is brewing success! Through September 2025, coffee exports soared **28.5%**, reaching **$157.3 million**, according to the Central Reserve Bank. The **U.S. and Belgium** remain top buyers, fueling the country’s global coffee momentum. With strong prices and new markets like Canada joining in, Salvadoran producers are gaining ground worldwide — proving that quality beans from small farms can drive big economic impact…
Human Rights Watch: New Salvadoran Penal Reforms Represent a Danger to Minors. Today, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that recent penal reforms approved by the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly put children and adolescents in grave danger by allowing them to be transferred to adult prisons…
Bringing El Salvador to Life: Create Stunning AI-Generated Images from Text. Have you ever wanted to see El Salvador without booking a flight? I know I have. That’s where AI image generation comes in. Using just words, we can create pictures of El Salvador’s beaches, mountains, and cities. You type what you want to see, and the AI makes it for you…
Trump Delays 25% Tariffs on Mexico and Canada Until April: When will they be applied? U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the planned 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will take effect on April 2, provided the two countries demonstrate progress on border security and fentanyl trafficking…
El Salvador Begins Construction of New Airport in the Eastern Region: A Game-Changer for Regional Development. Yesterday, President Nayib Bukele symbolically began the construction of phase one of the Pacific Airport by laying the first stone of the project. This airport is one of his flagship projects, which seeks to revitalize the eastern part of the country…
El Salvador Global Peace Index: The Country Improved its Ranking to 107 in 2024. Vision of Humanity released its 2024 Global Peace Index report in January 2025, revealing an increase in the El Salvador Peace Index ranking. El Salvador ranked 107th out of 163 countries, falling 21 spots from its previous position of 128. The country scored 2.25 on a 1-to-5 scale, marking a 0.21-point decline from its 2023 score…
How Narco Money Could Influence the Honduran Presidential Elections Again. Anti-corruption advocates in Honduras have again raised concerns about the threat of illicit campaign financing ahead of the 2025 elections, as organized crime groups continue to exploit loopholes in existing laws to influence the electoral process…
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly Moves to End Mandatory Public Financing for Political Parties. On the Friday, February 7 Legislative plenary session, deputies of the Nuevas Ideas political party presented a piece of correspondence requesting to repeal article 210 of the Constitution of the Republic to eliminate the political debt, also known as mandatory public financing for political parties…
Salvadoran Navy Seizes 1.5 Tons of Cocaine from Costa Rican Fishing Boats. On January 27, the Salvadoran Navy intercepted two foreign fishing boats 300 nautical miles (556 kilometers) southwest of the El Cordoncillo beach, in the Jaltepeque estuary. Salvadoran authorities confirmed that the boats were carrying 1.5 tons of cocaine, valued at $39 million, and each vessel had four Costa Rican crew members onboard…
Marco Rubio’s Visit to El Salvador: Tim Muth’s Remarks on This Visit. Donald Trump’s advisor Stephen Miller said a short time ago that president Nayib Bukele was offering the US “tremendous levels of cooperation” on immigration, and now we know what he meant…
El Salvador and Peru Resume Free Trade Agreement Negotiations. El Salvador and Peru have agreed to restart negotiations for a free trade agreement to boost bilateral trade and create new business opportunities. The announcement came from Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Desilú Leon Chempen, following a meeting with her Salvadoran counterpart, Maria Luisa Hayem, and Pablo Caballero, the Salvadoran Ambassador to Peru…