{"id":1008273,"date":"2026-02-26T02:55:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/?p=1008273"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:34:34","slug":"visita-estrategica-del-gobierno-de-el-salvador-fortalece-alianza-con-la-universidad-zamorano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/visita-estrategica-del-gobierno-de-el-salvador-fortalece-alianza-con-la-universidad-zamorano\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Visit by the Government of El Salvador Strengthens Partnership with Zamorano University"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of the educational partnership between the Government of El Salvador, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Zamorano University, a strategic visit was carried out to advance the AGROBECAS program. The visit focused on reviewing the progress of the initiative\u2014currently in its second active cohort of scholarships for Salvadoran students\u2014as well as on opening a new call for applications and strengthening Zamorano University\u2019s role as a leading agricultural reference institution for El Salvador.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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During the visit, the Salvadoran delegation held executive meetings with academic and administrative leadership at Zamorano University to assess the program\u2019s academic, financial, and operational implementation, establish guidelines for the upcoming AGROBECAS call, and review its outcomes and long-term outlook. These discussions reinforced coordination mechanisms and helped ensure the program\u2019s sustainability in the medium and long term.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The agenda also included meetings with Salvadoran AGROBECAS recipients currently enrolled at Zamorano University, reaffirming the Government of El Salvador\u2019s commitment to developing highly skilled human capital with a strong vision for national development. In this context, special recognition was given to Israel Isaac Fuentes Chicas, an AGROBECAS scholar who ranks first among program beneficiaries, with an overall GPA of 88.91, placing 46th out of 307 students, and earning a \u201cVery Good\u201d disciplinary standing\u2014a clear reflection of the program\u2019s positive impact on student performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The delegation was led by Mr. Oscar Mauricio Figueroa Torres, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Acting Executive Director, together with Ms. Karla Majano de Palma, Director General of the El Salvador Agency for International Cooperation, accompanied by their executive and technical team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Zamorano University acknowledged the Government of El Salvador\u2019s strong commitment to high-quality higher education and to expanding opportunities for young people, further consolidating a strategic partnership that promotes professional training, sustainable development, and the strengthening of human and productive capital across the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Zamorano University welcomed Salvadoran business leader Arturo Tona, founder and president of Grupo Ternova, to its campus as part of an institutional visit aimed at strengthening collaboration with higher education and the agri-industrial sector in the region.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1008275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zamorano-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008273"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008287,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008273\/revisions\/1008287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1008275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}