Climate change has put El Salvador's agricultural sector in check. Crops and livestock lost due to floods or dry fields due to lack of rain are the recurring problems that hit thousands of producers who in recent years have reported millions of dollars in losses.

Monday, 27 September 2021 16:19

IDB receives international P3 Concordia Impact Award

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), was awarded for the initiative that won the P3 Concordia Impact Award, which recognizes and rewards leading public-private partnerships. The IDB was also a finalist for the "Beyond Extraction" initiative, led by IDB Lab, the IDB's innovation lab, to promote sustainable and broad-spectrum economic development in mining communities in Brazil, Chile and Peru.

The study for the feasibility and execution of the Pacific Train project started today and will be ready by february 2022.

According to the Banco Central de Reserva (BCR), family remittances received in El Salvador from abroad accumulated US$4,901.2 million in the period from january to august 2021, showing a growth of 35.0% compared to the same period last year, equivalent to an additional US$1,271.2 million.

The President of the Banco de Desarrollo de El Salvador (BANDESAL), Juan Pablo Durán participated in the Independence parade held in the city of Los Angeles, California, as part of the Bicentennial of the Republic of El Salvador.

Saturday, 04 September 2021 18:01

63 families in El Espino community now have a new home

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The Minister of Housing, Michelle Sol, informed that 63 families from El Espino community, who used to live in the Cancillería boulevard, in Antiguo Cuscatlán, were given apartments.

The Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa (CEL) indicated that they surpassed the generation goal for the month of july.

This morning in an event in downtown San Salvador, the Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social started the surveillance phase to verify compliance with the minimum wage increase of 20% throughout the country.

Now it will be easier for parents or guardians of minors to obtain birth certificates of minors between 12 and 17 years old, because the municipalities will give this document for free.