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Corruption in El Salvador is a problem at all levels of government, however, according to a poll conducted by the Cid-Gallup in February 2023, only 4 percent of Salvadorans believed corruption as the most pressing issue facing the country.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Friday unveiled a new independent commission to tackle corruption, taking inspiration from a U.N.-backed body that toppled the previous president of ...
The 2021 Salvadoran political crisis occurred on 1 May 2021 when the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted to remove several judges from the Supreme Court and remove the Attorney General of El Salvador, both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of Nayib Bukele.
A U.S. State Department report on Central American officials "credibly alleged" to be corrupt includes a member of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's cabinet and a former minister, according to ...
Since taking office in 2019 on a pledge to squash corruption and break with the country's entrenched political parties, he has consistently courted controversy, verbally sparring with the U.S ...
The 2020 Salvadoran political crisis, commonly referred to in El Salvador as the numeronym 9F [1] [2] or El Bukelazo, [3] was an incident in El Salvador on 9 February 2020. . During the political crisis, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sent 40 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army into the Legislative Assembly building in an effort to coerce politicians to approve a loan request of 109 million ...
In the midst of a political campaign, the former president was sued on 21 October 2013 for corruption and money laundering. [17] On 7 March 2016, the El Salvador Supreme Court ordered Saca to stand trial for illegal enrichment. [18] On 12 September 2018, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a tribunal. [1]
SAN JOSÉ LAS FLORES, El Salvador (AP) — Nestled in the mountains of northern El Salvador, near the Honduras border, San José Las Flores has been a bastion of leftist resistance for decades.