Bitcoiners: The New Owners of El Zonte In the last three years, the average price per square meter in one of El Salvador’s most famous beaches was $80.61 USD, more than doubling from $34.33 before ...

El Faro is an award-winning Central American news outlet that produces in-depth and investigative journalism on many platforms, including audio, documentary films, and books. Founded in San Salvador ...

After four years of the Trump administration targeting immigrants for deportation and denying refuge to asylum seekers, millions placed their faith in President Biden’s administration to end the ...

On Wednesday, July 10, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism awarded El Faro journalist Carlos Martínez the Maria Moors Cabot Prize —one of the oldest distinctions in journalism, ...

For the 25 years since its birth, El Faro has operated as a private Salvadoran company under the administrative name Trípode S.A. de C.V. That phase has now come to a close. El Faro has a new home. As ...

Nayib Bukele would likely not have become president of El Salvador in June of 2019 had it not been for corruption. Three out of four of the Casa Presidencial’s preceding occupants were riddled with ...

When I arrived to San Salvador in December for a three-month stay, I asked a neighbor for recommendations on where to go jogging. It was his preference, he said, to avoid leaving the house whenever ...

The work Life and Death in a Country without Constitutional Rights, by El Faro photojournalist Carlos Barrera, has won the 2025 World Press Photo award in the Long-Term Projects category in the North ...

Since Friday, July 19, over a dozen major U.S. technology companies and press organizations filed amicus curiae briefs in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to voice support for 18 current and former ...

The online premiere of the documentary “Unforgivable” will take place on El Faro's website on Friday, February 5. The film will be available for rent through Vimeo On Demand for $3.99 USD through ...