The head of the Vice Ministry of Transportation (VMT), Nelson Reyes, said Thursday, September 24, that for now the Salvadoran Government is ruling out a fare increase for public passenger transit if there are no conditions for improved service. In Canal 21’s...
The leadership of the opposition party Vamos, led by alternate lawmaker Cesia Rivas as secretary general, concluded its term on Friday, September 25, with no word from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) as of Friday. Asked whether the political party would be facing...
The internal conflict in Vamos has deepened in recent weeks, resulting in an increasingly public clash between lawmaker Claudia Ortiz and the party’s secretary general, Cesia Rivas. Behind it all are two diverging visions of the direction the party should take...
Remittances sent by Salvadorans abroad, mainly from the United States, are one of the most important pillars of the Salvadoran economy, above all because they represent a direct injection of money that ultimately ends up circulating within the country through...
The ruling party is preparing to receive, at the end of this month, about a thousand pastors organized in a continental fraternity. These kinds of gatherings are common these days. Recently, one prayed for the president at the National Palace. That they call...
Salvadoran households received an additional $249 million in remittances in the first eight months of the year, bringing the total to $6,788.3 million, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reported. This represented a 3.8% increase compared with the $6,539.2 million...
