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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.
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 ...
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 ...
It also has an open online edition. The director of El Diario de Hoy is Enrique Altamirano Madriz, its executive director is Fabricio Altamirano and the editor is Eduardo Torres. El Diario de Hoy first appeared on May 2, 1936, and was founded by Napoleon Viera Altamirano and his wife, Mercedes Madriz de Altamirano. Since its founding, the ...
(in Spanish) Newspapers from El Salvador; Latin American Network Information Center. "El Salvador: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin. "El Salvador". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011. "El Salvador".
The iconic statue of Christ on the globe sphere of planet Earth is part of the Monument to Divino Salvador del Mundo on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza). The statue was damaged in the 1986 San Salvador earthquake. [3] [4] It was rebuilt and put back in place months after the campaign "Lift up your soul Salvadoran".
The National Library of El Salvador (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador, abbreviated BINAES) is a national library located in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. The library was opened in November 2023 and stands on the former site of the Francisco Gavidia National Library . It was built with the cooperation of China.
From 1620 to 1748 the postal rates in effect to be paid on receipt of a letter in Central America were 2 reales for a single letter, 4 reales for a double letter (i.e. a letter folded eight-ply, but not thicker than a finger), 8 reales for letters two to six fingers thick, and 2 to 3 pesos for a thicker letter.