El Faro launched in May 1998 in San Salvador as the first digital newspaper in Latin America. Committed to investigative and in-depth journalism, it works in various digital formats and traditional media such as radio, books, documentary film and live events. El Faro has become a regional stalwart for independent, transparent and reliable journalism, covering corruption, organized crime, migration, culture, inequality, impunity and human rights through monitoring state institutions and the different socio-economic issues in the region.
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