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The Centenario is a Mexican gold bullion coin first minted in 1921 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. [1] The coin is not intended to be used as currency ; the face value of 50 pesos is for legal purposes only, and does not reflect the actual value of the gold content.
U.S. company Commerce Group purchased the mine and started industrializing it and turning it into El Salvador's first economically significant mine. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In September 1987, the Commerce Group formed a joint venture with U.S. company San Sebastian Gold Mines Inc to further explore mining in El Salvador and simultaneously received a permit ...
El Salvador became the first country in the world to officially ban all forms of metal mining in 2017, [4] [5] [6] following campaigns by activists, local populations, civil society organizations, community members, and the catholic church on the grounds that metallic mining is harmful to the local ecosystem and human life. [7] [8] [5] Map of ...
Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. de C.V. has its origins and is the owner of the Banco Nacional de México or Citibanamex (formerly Banamex). It is the second-largest bank in Mexico. The Banamex Financial Group was purchased by Citigroup in August 2001 for $12.5 billion USD. It continues to operate as a Citigroup subsidiary.
El Salvador has already signed free trade agreements with Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Panama, and increased its exports to those countries. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua also are negotiating a free trade agreement with Canada, and negotiations started on 2006 for a free trade agreement with Colombia.
It was created in 1946 with a design inspired by the European and North American Garden city movement. [citation needed]In the early 1980s a process of commercialization of the area began, replacing the houses located on Boulevard del Hipódromo with restaurants and bars, and since then the area has been known by the name of Zona Rosa.
Centro Financiero Gigante (CFG) is a complex of office buildings located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It has five towers: July 1, one 10, another 12, another 14 and the highest 19 floors, the tallest tower measures 70 m (230 ft). It is a phased project that began with the construction of the first two towers.
San Jose Villanueva is a small municipality in the Department of La Libertad, El Salvador. [1] San Jose Villanueva has a population of 14,000 inhabitants (according to the PNC) and 9,896 inhabitants (according to SIBASI 2001).