New Environmental Minister Appointed

Over 100 days have passed since Nayid Bukele assumed the role of President of the Republic of El Salvador. He has designated Mr. Fernando López as the new Environmental Minister.

Expediting Economic Investment

One of the first initiatives is related to his interest in expediting investment in the economy by reducing the time required to grant environmental permissions.

In an official meeting, López explained to the President that the first two months of government have already streamlined environmental procedures for projects that were halted by the previous administration.

This acceleration is the result of an order that Bukele gave to López at the start of his presidential term: “I have instructed the Environment Minister that in one hundred days I want all the environmental procedures signed and authorized.”

Additionally, the environmental unit responsible for granting compliance certificates received the directive to process each case within a maximum of 72 hours.