El Salvador

An new law that eliminates taxes on technological innovations, software and app programming has been passed in order to boost the tech industry

Minister of Tourism Morena Valdez has developed a program for the recovery and expansion of the tourism sector in the state, mainly focused on four components: governance, innovation tourism, strengthening of the productive ecosystem, and sustainability

The IACHR has requested to restore the constitutional rights that have been suspended for over a year due to the consecutive renewal of the state of exception that prevents detainees from knowing their charges and receiving legal assistance

For the first time, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hear a case on the legality of denying a woman access to abortion; El Salvador will be on trial for allegedly forcing a woman to carry a non-viable fetus despite being a risk to her health

This week marks the country’s anniversary since the beginning of its infamous emergency state to crack down illegal gangs

Despite an explicit constitutional prohibition against serving consecutive presidential terms, a recent government poll shows that approximately 70% of Salvadorans favour President Nayib Bukele’s run for a second term

Women’s rights activists have called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn the country in a case brought a decade ago by a woman who died after being forced to carry a pregnancy, and the court will finally carry the trial this month

The first 2.000 inmates have been moved to the country’s newly constructed “mega-prison”, a facility that is now, according to President Nayib Bukele, the official centre piece of the state’s war on gangs

The country is planning to open a “Bitcoin Embassy” in the US, aiming to establish a Salvadorian Bitcoin representative office to work on new joint projects that promote the adoption of Bitcoin

Over 60.000 gang members have been arrested since the beginning of the country’s state of emergency; now the government has stated that after nearly 2 decades, thousands of families whose houses were stolen by gangs are getting them back

President Nayib Bukele has announced the liberation of over 3.000 inmates that were arrested during the state’s crackdown on gangs, who after their trial were determined as innocent and wrongfully detained

This past year the country broke its personal record for renewable energy generation, by producing 83% of its total electricity through sustainable means