Life in El Salvador
El Salvador Constitution. The 1983 Salvadoran Constitution.
The current Salvadoran Constitution was created in 1983; the El Salvador Constitution has 11 titles, subdivided into 274 articles. The 1983 constitution is comparable to the 1962 document as it incorporates passages from the earlier document. In 2022, Articles 152 … Read more
New Ideas Political Party. Number One Political Party in El Salvador
The New Ideas political party, or Nuevas Ideas, was founded in 2017 by Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele. The political party was legalized by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) in 2018. After the 2021 municipal and legislative elections, New Ideas became … Read more
Mario Duran, City mayor of San Salvador from 2021 to 2024
Mario Duran is the mayor of San Salvador, the largest city in El Salvador; his term as mayor is from 2021 to 2024. Mario Duran previously served as El Salvador’s Minister of the Interior, a position he relinquished on November … Read more
Alexia Rivas El Salvador. New Ideas Political Party Deputy for San Salvador
Alexia Rivas is a deputy representing the department of San Salvador at the Salvadoran congress; her legislative period is from 2021 to 2024. Alexia Rivas is a member of New Ideas, the political party created by President Nayib Bukele; she … Read more
Ilobasco El Salvador, a City Renowned for its Clay Pottery
Ilobasco El Salvador is a city and municipality in the department of Cabañas known for its renowned pottery made out of clay. Ilobasco is located in the central region of El Salvador, about 42 kilometers from San Salvador and about … Read more
What are the Main Highways in El Salvador?
The main highways in El Salvador are the Pan-American highway (CA-1) or Carretera Panamericana, the Litoral Highway (CA-2) or coastal highway, and the North Longitudinal Highway or Carretera Longitudinal del Norte. These highways are the main arteries that connect major … Read more
Forty years on, a locked-down El Salvador remembers the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero online
Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero Galdamez was born on August 15, 1917, in Ciudad Barrios, a municipality in the department of San Miguel, in the Republic of El Salvador. He was a Catholic priest, the fourth metropolitan archbishop of San Salvador … Read more
Santa Tecla El Salvador. Previously known as Nueva San Salvador
Santa Tecla El Salvador is the capital city of the department of La Libertad; it is a municipality and city founded in 1854. Santa Tecla is located in the southern part of the San Salvador Volcano, 12 kilometers west of … Read more
Air quality in El Salvador. How bad is it? What can we do?
The air quality in El Salvador is poor, this is due to several factors related to contamination and pollution. Older vehicles in circulation, agricultural burning practices, lack of emissions regulation, and solid waste disposal, are some of the main factors … Read more