<strong>The long read</strong>: Seven years ago, El Salvador banned all mining for metals to protect its water supply. But now the government seems to be making moves to reverse the ban – and environmental activists are in the firing line
Amy Fallas. 21 February, 2024 Although Latin America is home to several prominent politicians of Arab descent, perhaps no country in the region has had as many of Palestinian ancestry play such a key role in national politics as El Salvador. Salvadorans of multigenerational Palestinian descent have been tremendously influential in shaping the post-civil war political landscape of the…
An El Salvador court sentenced former President Mauricio Funes Wednesday to six years in prison for tax evasion, the second time in barely more than a month that a court has sentenced the ex-leader in absentia. Prosecutors had asked for an eight-year sentence against Funes, who lives in Nicaragua. In late May, another tribunal sentenced…