{"slug":"el-salvador","name":"El Salvador","short_name":"El Salvador","iso_code":"SV","jurisdiction_type":"country","region":"Americas","subregion":"Central America","overview":"El Salvador enacted a Law for the Promotion of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in February 2025, one of the first AI-specific laws in Latin America, creating an Agency for AI (ANIA) and liability safe harbours for developers acting in good faith. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies to AI systems. This record exists so that coverage is complete and honest: it will be expanded when an official AI instrument is published or a reviewer adds one with its source.","regulatory_status_summary":"El Salvador enacted a Law for the Promotion of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in February 2025, one of the first AI-specific laws in Latin America, creating an Agency for AI (ANIA) and liability safe harbours for developers acting in good faith. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies to AI systems.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: Law for the Promotion of AI and Emerging Technologies. Strategy or guidance: none recorded.","current_priorities":null,"regulators":[{"name":"Asamblea Legislativa","url":"https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/","role":"Official government portal; AI policy lead not yet identified"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"Asamblea Legislativa","publisher":"Government of El Salvador","url":"https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/","document_type":"official","tier":1},{"title":"Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide (country table)","publisher":"UNCTAD","url":"https://unctad.org/page/data-protection-and-privacy-legislation-worldwide","document_type":"secondary","tier":3}],"related_jurisdictions":["guatemala","honduras","costa-rica"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/el-salvador","source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/","source_title":"Asamblea Legislativa","source_publisher":"Government of El Salvador","source_document_date":null,"source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"el-salvador-ai-promotion-law-2025","id":"AIPT-POL-0067","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0067","title":"Ley para el Fomento de la Inteligencia Artificial y Tecnologías Emergentes (Decreto Legislativo, febrero de 2025)","short_title":"Law for the Promotion of AI and Emerging Technologies","jurisdiction":"el-salvador","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador","summary_plain":"Approved by the Legislative Assembly in February 2025, the law promotes AI development and investment, creates the National Agency for Artificial Intelligence (ANIA) as regulator, defines rights and principles (human oversight, transparency, non-discrimination, data protection), sets registration and sandbox mechanisms and limits liability of developers who act in good faith under the law, alongside data-processing rules for AI training.","adopted_on":"2025-02-25","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:23+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/el-salvador-ai-promotion-law-2025"}]}