The week in El Salvador -- Oct 28
Quick takes from news stories this week from El Salvador. El Salvador's fiscal crisis continued without resolution. Currently ARENA asserts it will only approve $500 million in bonds, while the government and FMLN insist on $1.2 billion. Added to the crisis are demands from health system workers for increases in their national salary scale. LPG (sp). El Salvador saw more than 100 police officers resign in the first six months of the year, and a large number try to seek asylum in the US or Canada for their own safety. Still, this number is down from 2015 and 2014, and seems to parallel the rise and fall of the overall homicide rate in the country Insight Crime and Texas Tribune . El Salvador's Vice President Óscar Ortiz said on October 20 that the Special Reactionary Forces (Fuerzas Especializadas de Reacción El Salvador - FES) had proven particularly efficient against the gangs during its first six months of operations, reported...