The government has extended the State of Emergency for a fourth time to continue its ongoing gang crackdown, however, citizens have taken the streets to protest since already over 46.000 people have been arrested

The eastern region is experiencing extreme heat, with temperatures reaching up to 43,5°C and breaking historical records, according to the Ministry of Environment; this is due to the scarcity of rain and wind, and it’s not expected to stop soon

President Nayib Bukele’s party "Nuevas Ideas" - New Ideas - has designated him as their official candidate; he is elegible for a third mandate following the 2025 Constitutional reform that eliminated the limit of mandates for one person

The WHO has certified El Salvador as the first Central American and second American State to have eliminated trachoma, eradicating the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness in just 3 years of campaign

Evelyn Caminos de Sol, aka 'Piti', 90 years old, has become a social media star, with million followers attracted by the videos in which she tells stories of her early days, reviving episodes of El Salvador's history