Tag Archives: International Monetary Fund

The Guardian: Crece el escepticismo en El Salvador ante la apuesta por el Bitcoin

El periódico británico THE GUARDIAN publicó el artículo que traducimos a continuación:   Litha María de Los Ángeles pone dos pupusas rellenas de queso en la plancha. Con un clic de la cámara en el código QR, recibe su pago: cuatrocientas milésimas de un Bitcoin. Luego, cuando la lluvia golpea el techo de lámina y […]

ARPAS on the 2021 proposed Budget

The Salvadoran Government gave a proposed budget for 2021 on September 30th, this is ARPAS assessment about it:   The presentation took place amid exacerbations of the permanent tension between the government and the Legislative Assembly, this time due to the refusal of the Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya, to explain the use of the […]

No report about the IMF loan to El Salvador

El Faro has reported how the Salvadoran government never really listened to the Emergency Fund Committee before taking any economic action, which led to the civilian members’ resignation. Besides not knowing how 100,000 beneficiaries of the $300 donations were selected, another worrisome detail is the fact that the group did not participate in asking (and […]