The Los Chorros highway crosses poorly cohesive volcanic soils highly susceptible to landslides, explained Miguel Hernández, coordinator of Geological Engineering at the University of El Salvador (UES), this Friday. “They are extremely friable soils, inherently...
The Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (Foundation for the Study of Applied Law, FESPAD) has joined organizations arguing that raising the minimum wage by 12% is insufficient in El Salvador, considering the cost of living. Articles 145 and 146 of the...
Members and contributors The updated number of people enrolled in a Pension Fund Administrator (AFP) and how many are actively saving is unknown. This data is important to know if formal employment is increasing or decreasing. Accumulated assets This figure showed all...
The Economic Activity Index (IVAE) published by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) grew 2.3% in February, two points higher than in January when it only reached 0.3%, but one point below February of last year when it exceeded 3.3%. Of the nine activities measured by the...
ALTHOUGH MAY DAY IS A SMALLER HOLIDAY in the United States than abroad—since, for complicated reasons, the U.S. has its Labor Day in September—the trade unions still celebrate May 1 with rallies and gatherings. But this year, in addition to focusing on the...
While thousands of innocent people remain incarcerated in inhumane conditions in the prisons of El Salvador, one of the most recognized gang leaders in the Central American country, Carlos Cartagena López, aka Charli de IVU, was secretly released by the government of...
