Two elections on Sunday

There were elections being held in Central America on Sunday.   In Guatemala and El Salvador, past charges against candidates linked to corr...

The FMLN legacy

Today is the final day of ten years of the left-wing FMLN in the presidency of El Salvador.   And so we take a look back at the legacy of th...

National reconciliation law stalls

The proposal for a law of national reconciliation in El Salvador, which is opposed by human rights organizations representing the victims an...

National Reconciliation (or Amnesty or Impunity) Law stalls

The push to approve a National Reconciliation Law in El Salvador's legislature before June 1 stalled on Thursday during the course of a ...

International Water Day in the streets of San Salvador

On this International Water Day, a march proceeded in the streets of San Salvador demanding that the country protect its water resource and ...

Is the FMLN doomed to irrelevance?

The political party which had its origins in the guerrilla forces which fought in El Salvador's civil war may have little future in the ...

Allies, no matter what

El Salvador's FMLN has always been a full fledged member of Latin America's socialist political movements.   Even if it has accompli...

Close of presidential campaigns in El Salvador

All the presidential candidates had events this weekend to mark the close of their election campaigns.  Carlos Calleja, the candidate from A...