San SalvadorForeign investment fell 37.2% while construction grew 24.4%.
Vice President Félix Ulloa had cited foreign investment as proof of an economic boom in El Salvador.
Fact-checker Voz Pública tested 12 of his economic claims and found 6 false or misleading, each missing context.
Growth is on course for the 4.5% he cited, and tourism passed 4 million, though not all visitors are tourists.
His office has not answered a comment request sent 23 October.
How each outlet framed it
- Focos leans critical
- checks Ulloa's Chaparral dam claim against the 75% progress and $500M spending it omits, and attributes the energy import drop to the Acajutla gas plant
Sources: Focos