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El Salvador awaits results of municipal elections

Published on: March 4, 2024
17:01

San Salvador, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador must wait to know the final results of the municipal elections and the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), a source of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said on Monday.

Salvadoran tourism reaches sustained growth

Published on: January 10, 2024
16:00

San Salvador, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The projection of 3.8 million tourists for 2024 is a figure that shows the growth of the known smokeless industry in El Salvador, a source from the sector indicated on Wednesday.

Salvadoran officers bust couple on drug trafficking

Published on: December 20, 2023
12:56

San Salvador, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran officers busted a couple on drug trafficking as they were in the possession of 25 kg of marijuana and portions of cocaine, Minister of Justice and Security Gustavo Villatoro informed.

Salvadoran official says gov’t cracks down on crime

Published on: December 13, 2023
17:39

San Salvador, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador is making progress in the fight off human smugglers alias 'coyotes,' drug trafficking and smuggling gangs that try to use its borders to move illicit goods, an official source informed on Wednesday.

China donates water treatment plant’s construction to El Salvador

Published on: December 4, 2023
17:47

San Salvador, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador’s National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewerage (ANDA) reported on Monday the beginning of a water treatment plant’s construction in Lake Ilopango, as a result of a donation from the People's Republic of China.

Salvadoran legislative awaits Bukele’s proposal

Published on: November 28, 2023
18:12

San Salvador, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran Legislative Assembly is waiting for a proposal from President Nayib Bukele to approve the person who will take over the country’s leadership, the chair of that forum Ernesto Castro stated on Tuesday.

El Salvador´s PNC seizes 300 kg of drugs

Published on: November 23, 2023
17:46

San Salvador, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran authorities reported on Thursday having destroyed different types of drugs and seized contraband cigarettes.

Cuban duo Buena Fe is highly acclaimed in El Salvador

Published on: September 24, 2023
07:26

San Salvador, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban duo Buena Fe gave a concert on Saturday that was described as unforgettable by fans who packed the Ellacuría auditorium at the Central American University (UCA) in San Salvador.

Homicide rate depletes in El Salvador

Published on: August 29, 2023
16:32

San Salvador, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran Minister of Defense Rene Francis Merino Monroy unfolded on Tuesday that the daily homicide rate with the state of exception in El Salvador 17 months ago was 0.55 per 100,000 people.

Exception regime extended in El Salvador

Published on: August 10, 2023
11:22

San Salvador, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador extended for the seventeenth time the emergency regime in force in the country since March 27, 2022.

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