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Chinampas technique used to restore El Salvador's largest mangrove forest

Community banks helping Salvadoran women get badly needed loans

By Sara Acosta San Salvador, May 16 (EFE).- Lucia Guevara is a young Salvadoran woman who turned to a community bank to secure the funding she needed to start a small store selling basic goods, a life-changing move that has given her economic independence, a feeling of empowerment and a means of helping provide for …

El Salvador to mark 1-year anniversary of controversial state of emergency

By Sara Acosta San Salvador, Mar 24 (EFE).- El Salvador’s government is set to mark the one-year anniversary of its “state of exception,” a controversial measure that has been denounced by human rights groups yet is seen by many in that Central American country as the solution to a longstanding street-gang problem. First implemented on …

Sky-high prices put quality housing out of reach for ordinary Salvadorans

By Sara Acosta San Salvador, Feb 20 (EFE).- A combination of low salaries and high home prices make it virtually impossible for ordinary citizens to aspire to quality housing in El Salvador, a country plagued by longstanding and persistent socioeconomic inequality. The minimum monthly salary currently stands at $365 in commerce, services and industry, $359.16 …