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June 2026 News and Information

November 2023 News: Living, Tourism, Culture, and Global Affairs Shaping the Nation


November 2023 news in El Salvador centers on cost-of-living debates, government policy shifts, and daily realities shaping how Salvadorans adapt to economic pressures, wages, and housing demands. ▼ latest News ▼ Luis Parada: Our Time 2024 Presidential Candidate. Luis Parada … Read more

February 3 Hydroelectric Dam (El Chaparral)

The February 3 Hydroelectric Dam, known as El Chaparral, Begins Operations in El Salvador


The February 3 Hydroelectric Dam on the Torola River begins operations. The power plant, originally known as the El Chaparral, is in the San Luis de La Reina district of the San Miguel department. The President of the Republic, Nayib … Read more

Ilopango Water Purification Plant.

Ilopango Water Purification Plant: Chinese Government to Invest $40 Million in the Project


Yesterday, October 12, ANDA officials and representatives of the Chinese companies Hebei Construction Group and China Urban Construction Design and Research Institute visited the construction site of the Ilopango water treatment plant. Hebei Construction Group will be in charge of … Read more

Joel Sanchez ARENA

ARENA Registers Joel Sanchez and Hilcia Bonilla as their 2024 Presidential Candidates


Today, the right-wing political party ARENA Registered with the Salvadoran Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) their 2024 Presidential Candidates. Joel Sanchez and Hilcia Bonilla look to win the presidency and defeat the New Ideas presidential formula of Nayib Bukele and Felix … Read more

June 2026 News and Information

October 2023 News: Living, Tourism, Culture, and Global Affairs Shaping the Nation


October 2023 news in El Salvador centers on cost-of-living debates, government policy shifts, and daily realities shaping how Salvadorans adapt to economic pressures, wages, and housing demands. ▼ latest News ▼ The February 3 Hydroelectric Dam, known as El Chaparral, … Read more

June 2026 News and Information

September 2023 News: Living, Tourism, Culture, and Global Affairs Shaping the Nation


September 2023 news in El Salvador centers on cost-of-living debates, government policy shifts, and daily realities shaping how Salvadorans adapt to economic pressures, wages, and housing demands. ▼ latest News ▼ The ‘Day of the Dead’ sparks painful memories of … Read more

Ex-deputy Rodolfo Parker

Ex-deputy Rodolfo Parker to face civil trial for illicit enrichment of $2.1 million


Ex-deputy Rodolfo Parker was one of the most influential politicians in El Salvador. However, all that changed after 2021, when he didn’t win re-election. Today, Rodolfo Parker’s whereabouts are unknown; he is hiding from Salvadoran justice and is about to … Read more