December 2024 News: Living, Tourism, Culture, and Global Affairs Shaping the Nation

December 2024 News and Opinions

December 2024 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.

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The Potential Gains From Legalizing Cannabis and Hemp in El Salvador.
El Salvador, like many countries, is at a critical moment in its efforts to legalize cannabis and hemp. Even though the hemp plant is often wrongly and unfairly associated with drug abuse and its products discouraged by the government, a growing number of activists support the legalization of these substances, arguing that they would confer great economic, medical, and social resources upon the country…


Expat Health Insurance in El Salvador Simplified.
Moving to El Salvador is exciting, but it also means learning about its health care system. It’s key to have good health insurance when living abroad. In El Salvador, the health care system has gaps, making expat insurance very important…


Driving Around El Salvador: Tips for Tourists.
Every year, millions of international tourists visit El Salvador. Between January and July 2024, over 2.3 million international visitors chose to explore the country. As a country, El Salvador is known for a lot of things, especially its volcanoes. In fact, it’s nicknamed the “Land of Volcanoes” thanks to the presence of around 20 volcanoes in the country…


El Salvador puts crypto to the real test.
El Salvador makes a special case in the crypto ecosystem as it boasts the title of the first country worldwide to make crypto legal tender and coerce businesses into taking it as payment for their services and goods, allowing taxes to be paid in it, and so forth…