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El Salvador’s 0% Income Tax Reform Boosts Foreign Investment and Diaspora Confidence.
El Salvador in English
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July 10, 2025
More than a year after enacting a bold fiscal reform that eliminated income taxes on remittances and international earnings, El Salvador is now reaping the benefits through record-breaking levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) and stronger...
Surf City II Gains Traction as New Coastal Investment Corridor in El Salvador.
El Salvador in English
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July 11, 2025
El Salvador has inaugurated Surf City II, a major tourism and infrastructure development along the eastern Pacific coast, designed to unlock new opportunities for foreign investment, local economic growth, and sustainable travel. The project was...
HRC59: Amidst ongoing state of emergency, El Salvador must review legality of mass detentions
International Service for Human Rights
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July 10, 2025
On 30 June, Leonor Arteaga, representative of Fundacion Para el Debido Proceso (DPLF), delivered a joint statement with ISHR for the adoption of El Salvador’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Arteaga urged the Salvadoran government to establish an...
El Salvador Recognized Among Crypto-Tax-Free Nations in 2025.
El Salvador in English
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July 10, 2025
El Salvador has been officially recognized as one of only five countries in the world where cryptocurrency capital gains are tax-free, according to a recent report by Cointelegraph. This places the Central American nation at the forefront of...
Siemens Launches First Xcelerator Summit in El Salvador, Highlighting Digital Growth.
El Salvador in English
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July 9, 2025
El Salvador hosted the Siemens Xcelerator Summit for the first time, reinforcing its efforts to attract investment and boost economic growth through technology. The event gathered officials, business leaders, and tech experts to explore digital...
As El Salvador courts its exiles, some begin to return
PRI - The World
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July 9, 2025
For decades, El Salvador was a country that people fled — escaping gang violence, poverty, natural disasters and civil wars. But that trend is shifting. Migration from El Salvador to the United States — the main destination for Salvadoran exiles —...
El Salvador Breaks Investment Record Amid Rising International Confidence.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador has reached a major economic milestone, reporting USD 322.24 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first quarter of 2025—the highest amount recorded in the last six years. This marks a 64% increase compared to Q1 2024,...
El Salvador’s SurfCity Half Marathon To Mark Its Fifth Year with Record Participation.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador is strengthening its reputation as a sports tourism destination with the fifth edition of the SurfCity El Salvador Half Marathon, set for July 20 in Punta Roca. “We’re excited to launch another edition of a race that grows every year,”...
El Salvador Registers Deflation Amid Global Inflation Surge, Contrasting Sharply with Venezuela.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador has emerged as a global outlier in economic performance, recording a deflation rate of -0.21%, according to the latest data published by @stats_feed and sourced from Trading Economics. In a world where many nations are battling soaring...
El Salvador’s Rising Wages Keep Nation in Upper-Middle-Income Status.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador continues to rank as an upper-middle-income country, according to the latest World Bank statistics, placing it in a solid position within Central America. The classification, based on annual per capita income, includes countries where...
El Salvador officials say deported migrants in notorious jail are Trump’s problem, not theirs
The Independent
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July 8, 2025
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El Salvador Opens Its Doors to Bitcoin Tourism with Airbtc.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
A new platform is reshaping the future of tourism in El Salvador by aligning it with the country’s vision of a Bitcoin-based economy. Airbtc, a crypto-native booking platform designed for travelers who want to pay exclusively with Bitcoin, is...
Riding the Wave: Why UK Tourism Investors Should Look to El Salvador’s Coastal Property
Business Matters
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July 7, 2025
A confluence of drastically improved security, strategic government initiatives, and an increasingly vibrant cultural scene is drawing significant attention from international investors, especially from the UK and Europe. The country’s...
El Salvador’s environmentalists lament reversal on mining ban, as companies circle
Dialogo Chino
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July 7, 2025
In December 2024, El Salvador’s congress reversed an historic ruling on metal mining to reauthorise the activity in the country, seven years after it became the first nation in the world to explicitly ban it. Gold mining has a particularly long...
El Salvador Anti-Corruption Lawyer Ruth López Transferred to Harsh Prison
Tico Times
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July 6, 2025
The humanitarian organization Cristosal denounced on Saturday that Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, head of its anti-corruption unit and considered a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International, was arbitrarily transferred to a harsher prison...
Costa del Sol Park Renovated as El Salvador Aims for Top-Tier Public Tourism Spaces.
El Salvador in English
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July 7, 2025
The president of El Salvador’s Tourism Institute (ISTU), Eny Aguiñada, announced a $7 million investment in the renovation of the Costa del Sol recreational park, a move aimed at strengthening national tourism and providing high-quality spaces for...
El Salvador’s Business Sector Applauds New Robotics Law as Strategic Leap Toward Technological Leadership.
El Salvador in English
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July 6, 2025
The Salvadoran business community has welcomed with optimism the approval of the Technology and Robotics Law, a pioneering regulatory framework that positions El Salvador as the first country in Latin America—and possibly the world—to enact...
A week of innocent Venezuelans being trafficked to El Salvador, the first US attack on Iran, and the Supreme Court protecting Trump
Shado Magazine
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July 7, 2025
Hi, I’m Marcela: I’m a comedian, I live in Brooklyn, and I really like to tell people how to feel about the news. After wowing zoomers all over on TikTok by giving them news with a sense of humour and anarchy, I decided to start a weekly Sunday...
El Salvador’s president disputes claims Abrego Garcia was tortured in notorious prison
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
El Salvador, Italy inaugurates 'Planes' project
ANSA
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July 3, 2025
Officially inaugurated at the National Palace was the project "PLANES - Recovery and Enhancement of the Historic Centers of San Miguel and San Salvador," an integrated strategic planning and sociocultural dynamization initiative promoted to...