ISTU’s Happy Buses Offer Guided Routes to Top Tourist Spots in El Salvador.

From August 2 to August 6, Salvadoran families will have the opportunity to explore mountains, beaches, and cities across the country through the «Happy Buses» program, launched by the Salvadoran Tourism Institute (ISTU). The initiative, announced by ISTU …

Foreign Trade and Domestic Spending Power El Salvador’s Rising Public Revenue.

El Salvador’s public finances received a notable boost in the first half of 2025, with increased domestic consumption and foreign trade driving a surge in tax collections. According to the Ministry of Finance, the Treasury accumulated $4.3 billion in tax …

Yes, Bitcoin Adoption Reached 70% in El Salvador, but There’s a Catch

After 4 months, Florida deportee leaves ‘hell’ of El Salvador mega-prison

TAMPA, Fla. — Frengel Reyes says he’ll never forget the screams in the dark, the cold bunk bed without blankets, the brutality enforced by the guards. “Hell is real back there,” Reyes, 25, said about the four months he spent in a mega-prison in El Salvador …

El Salvador: helping victims of the State of Exception

Salvadorean grass roots organization MOVIR supports victims of arbitrary detention under the country’s State of Exception. A civil society organization rather than an NGO, it is an important means of resistance to a regime which aims to close off civic …

Migrants Freed From El Salvador Prison Allege Torture

Months after the Trump administration sent them to the brutal CECOT facility, freed Venezuelan migrants are finally speaking out After spending four months incarcerated in El Salvador’s notoriously brutal prison system after President Donald Trump’s …

Watchdog Sues State Department to Force Release of Docs on Van Hollen El Salvador Junket to Aid MS-13er

In The News | July 30, 2025 From The Washington Stand: Judicial Watch is asking a federal court to order the U.S. Department of State to turn over all official documents concerning Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (Md.) recent trip to El Salvador to …

Moment of Earthquake in El Salvador Caught on Camera

El Salvador’s BTC paradise hits an IMF-shaped wall

Homepage > News > Business > El Salvador’s BTC paradise hits an IMF-shaped wall Almost half a decade since El Salvador became the first country to make BTC a legal tender, the country faces backlash from industry advocates for not living up to its …

Silver Spring community shows up for El Golfo restaurant owner battling Stage 4 cancer

El Golfo has been in the Silver Spring neighborhood for nearly two decades. The owner, Ada Villatoro, is known as the kind of person who shows up for the community. And now, the community is showing up for her. After announcing she was battling Stage 4 …