Eviction, for downtown street vendors here, was no surprise. It was a sentence they’d been waiting for. Maritza Trejo first heard the rumors three years ago. As a safeguard, she managed to rent a place that she used as a warehouse for her merchandise. But it was still...
As the trump administration rounds up people it alleges to be illegal aliens and gang members, deports them to El Salvador, and pays to imprison them there without convicting them of any crime, constitutional challenges have focused on the Fifth Amendment; the...
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...
