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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,”...
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...
Growth Holdings and El Salvador Officials Discuss Future of Digital Assets and Tourism.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador’s Vice President, Félix Ulloa Jr., visited Las Vegas to meet with hospitality leaders, including Philippe Ziade, CEO of Growth Holdings, and Steve Escalante, President of International Business Development. The meeting took place at...
El Salvador Projects Lowest Homicide Rate in Its History — Crime No Longer a Structural Phenomenon.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador is on the verge of achieving one of the most impressive public safety milestones in recent global history: a projected homicide rate of less than 1 per 100,000 inhabitants by the end of 2025, following a decade of determined and...
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...
Tourism Experts Say El Salvador Sets the Example for Central American Security.
El Salvador in English
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July 7, 2025
Tourism leaders from the Mundo Maya region — Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Belize — have praised El Salvador’s improved public safety as key to boosting tourism. Their comments came during the Mundo Maya summit in Placencia,...
El Salvador Arrests Bitcoin Developer Over Neighbour Altercation
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Bitcoin Core developer Jon Atack was briefly arrested in El Salvador this weekend after his neighbour lodged a complaint stemming from a heated dispute over property boundaries. Police detained Atack under a statute...
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...
How Crypto Tourism Is Reinventing Global Destinations
The GWW
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July 7, 2025
Crypto tourism is a new concept. It involves visiting destinations where Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are accepted for tourist goods and services. But how widespread is the trend? Crypto enthusiasts will espouse the values of Bitcoin to no...
Mario Guevara, the Salvadoran reporter and immigration raid hunter caught in the clutches of ICE
El País
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July 7, 2025
Mario Guevara has recorded and livestreamed countless immigration raids in recent years. On June 14th, he did the same with his own arrest. While covering a demonstration against President Donald Trump in the small, predominantly Latino town of...
El Salvador’s president denies that Kilmar Ábrego García was abused in notorious prison
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
The president of El Salvador has denied claims that Kilmar Ábrego García was subjected to beatings and deprivation while he was held in the country before being returned to the US to face human-smuggling charges. Nayib Bukele said in a social...
El Salvador president disputes alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego García’s prison torture claims with shocking video: ‘Why does he look so well?’
New York Post
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July 4, 2025
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has refuted claims made by US deportee and alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who said he was beaten and psychologically tortured while imprisoned in the Central American country. Bukele denied Abrego...
US is no longer the same so no American holiday
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 7, 2025
I’m not sold on being there with a foreign accent. Would you go to the US right now? I’ve been numerous times over the years and I’d planned to go again soon. I’ve been hoping to take my mom and sister for a holiday since last year. We have a...
My eye-opening trip through El Salvador
The Times
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The sun was setting on the Pacific as I ate grilled lobster and watched families stroll along the sand, trees twinkling with fairy lights, past thatched bars and boutiques buzzing with international customers. El Salvador was among the world’s top...
ED conducts searches across Punjab and Haryana in “Donkey Route” case
The Hindu
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July 9, 2025
According to the ED, the investigation is based on 17 first information reports registered by the police in Haryana and Punjab against the travel/visa agents and middlemen who cheated various persons willing to go to U.S. File. | Photo Credit: PTI...
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...
El Salvador’s Tourism Sector Grows 81% Between 2019 and 2024, Strengthening Its Role in National Development.
El Salvador in English
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July 3, 2025
El Salvador’s tourism sector has experienced remarkable growth over the past five years, registering an 81% increase between 2019 and 2024, according to María Luisa Hayem, Minister of Economy. The data confirms tourism as one of the most dynamic...
‘We know what’s coming: exile or prison’ – Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez on surviving Bukele’s crackdown
Global Voices
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July 7, 2025
Óscar Martínez, editor-in-chief of the Salvadoran outlet El Faro, and nine other journalists left El Salvador after publishing a report alleging ties between President Nayib Bukele and criminal groups. (Photo: Courtesy of Óscar Martínez, used with...
British Media and Tour Companies Explore El Salvador as a Rising Travel Destination.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
El Salvador is gaining growing attention on the global tourism map, thanks to the efforts of President Nayib Bukele’s administration to position the country as a top international destination. As part of this strategy, a group of tour operators...