Results of the Initiative to Promote Business Innovation Presented

SAN SALVADOR – A U.S. government-funded business innovation initiative has helped 20 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and 10 start-ups, or emerging companies, to increase their sales by more than US$3 million and generate 106 new jobs. The 18-month initiative was part of a partnership between the U.S. Government, through the United States Agency ... Read More»

“Educar y Convivir” Project

The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in alliance with Good Neighbors El Salvador, signed an alliance for the development of the project “Educar y Convivir”. This project will benefit students from 37 public schools in Ahuachapán, Sonsonate, La Libertad and Morazán, who will learn in adequate spaces that ... Read More»

Young Scholarship Recipients Complete Short Professional Training Courses

Young Scholarship Recipients Complete Short Professional Training Courses CABAÑAS – Representatives from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United States Government and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology presented graduation diplomas to 77 young scholarship recipients who completed their Short Vocational Training Courses at the Megatec Ilobasco. The activity is part of the ... Read More»

Ambassador Duncan Visits H2 Visa Job Fair

Ambassador Duncan Visits H2 Visa Job Fair The U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, William Duncan, attended this past Wednesday, February 15, an H2 visa job fair, where U.S. companies interviewed more than a thousand Salvadorans to apply for a temporary work visa in the United States. This visa program is an initiative of the U.S. ... Read More»

United States Announces Additional $42.5 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for the People of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

United States Announces Additional $42.5 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for the People of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras The United States Agency for International Development announced $42.5 million in new humanitarian funding for the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This brings USAID’s total humanitarian funding for these three countries to nearly $261 million ... Read More»

USAID strengthens municipal services in markets

As El Salvador continues its reopening of social and economic activities, the small business owners’ desire to learn and improve, while adapting to the new reality, remains full steam ahead. With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Municipal Governance Project, more than 150 market vendors, most of them women, from ... Read More»

USAID and San Miguel Municipality Promote Revitalization of Historic Downtown Center

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the San Miguel Municipality announced that they will develop a strategic plan for the revitalization of San Miguel’s Historic Downtown Center, to conduct an urban renewal process that will enhance security and social and economic development within the municipality to help reduce illegal migration. The Mayor of ... Read More»

USG Delivers 158 More Life-Saving Ventilators to El Salvador for the COVID-19 Response

The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided El Salvador with a second donation of 158 portable ventilators in support of the response of El Salvador to COVID-19.  The ventilators donated today arrived in El Salvador last Saturday, August 22. These were not part of the second shipment of ventilators ... Read More»

U.S. Government Provides Additional $2.6 Million for COVID-19 Response in El Salvador

April 30, 2020 U.S. Government Provides Additional $2.6 Million for COVID-19 Response in El Salvador   The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $2.6 million in health assistance to help control the COVID-19 outbreak in El Salvador. The new health assistance will provide critical medical supplies ... Read More»

U.S. and El Salvador celebrate their friendship through school revitalization

Appropriately, a school named “United States of America” in La Libertad was the backdrop for the first annual United States-El Salvador Friendship Day celebration on June 15. The school was built in 1963 with the help of the United States government through its Alliance for Prosperity Initiative. As part of the celebration, more than 50 ... Read More»
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