“This is exactly what we wanted. It’s our vision and it’s awesome,” says co-owner Debby Portillo González of the new restaurant located in Mount Vernon Triangle.

Officials with the White House say the event was both symbolic and a step in the administration’s commitment to El Salvador’s diaspora in the U.S.

After years of service, Evelio Menjivar-Ayala was named bishop by Pope Francis – making him the first in the U.S. to have immigrated from El Salvador.

The festival starts at 2 p.m. in Lamont Plaza and will feature live performances, legal services, local vendors and artisans.

Monday’s federal appeals court ruling opens the door to deport people from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Sudan who have Temporary Protected Status.

After years of uncertainty, the agreement reached by the U.S. and El Salvador will extend the status for another year.

Los salvadoreños en Washington todavía tienen un gran papel en las elecciones de su país de origen.

The region’s large Salvadoran population plays an outsize role in the Central American country’s political contests.

Salvadoran immigrants have a long and rich history in D.C. Now, Bowser will visit their home country, including the very town many of them emigrated from.

PupusaFest returns to Columbia Heights on Sunday.