The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) recorded $35,214,545.60 in receipts under Third-Party Fund Management, a mechanism linked to the receipt and payment of support obligations, between June 2025 and May 2026, according to its most recent Annual Report. During...
Earthquakes are part of El Salvador’s geological reality; therefore, analyzing how buildings are constructed is essential to ensuring safety. In this interview, Patricia de Hasbun, an academic in the Department of Structural Mechanics, explains the factors that...
A previous article discussed some of the economic implications of the agreement that the Government of El Salvador signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February 2025. Although the agreement was important in giving public finances some breathing room,...
The volume of gasoline and diesel imports fell by an average of 5.8% in the first seven months of the year, but the amount paid for those purchases rose 26.2%, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). Gasoline and diesel imports account for 50.4% of the...
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 3.2% on Monday, surpassing $86 a barrel, after the United States attacked Iranian military targets on an island in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and Tehran announced reprisals. At 9:00 a.m. local time (13:00 GMT), WTI...
A week after a red alert was declared over the drought, vegetable and grain vendors at the Central Market, one of the country’s main supply centers, report a rise in the price of these products and attribute it to the lack of rain. “Silk beans have indeed...
