He went back to El Salvador to see family on vacation recently -- and picked up the pace on construction. Rogelio Galmadez left El Salvador almost 20 years ago. Then, in January 2001, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated El Salvador. "They know nothing about El Salvador," Galdamez said. El Salvador remittancesRemittances equal nearly one-fifth of El Salvador's entire economy.

Source: CNN January 14, 2018 13:30 UTC