El Salvador

Second Secret Service Scandal Has 'No Basis'

AP | NICK PERRY | Posted 05.02.2012

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the Secret Service has found no basis to allegations its agents hire...

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WATCH: Fighting Racism With Urban Farming

Daniel Klein | Posted 05.02.2012

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The ideas of cooperative work are central to many movements in Latin America. Nelson Escobar has brought those ideas from his home in El Salvador to Louisville, Kentucky.

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El Salvador Marks First Murder-Free Day In Years

Clare Richardson | Posted 04.16.2012

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As Western Hemisphere leaders butted heads this weekend at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, one country had a bittersweet reason to ...

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Playwright Erik Ehn on Soulographie: Our Genocides a Commemorative Cycle

Jody Christopherson | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: El Salvador, Erik Ehn, Theater of Yugen, Tulsa-Oklahoma, San Salvador, Africa, La Mama, Uganda, Playwrighting, Theater for Change, Tulsa, Rwanda, Witnessing, Soulographie, New York Theater, Video, Kony and Child Soldiers, Arts News

Playwrights like these, clearly passionate people who are willing to risk, willing to do things the hard way -- they have the important and difficult task of sharing what they've seen. How do they begin to speak the unspeakable?

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El Salvador Ends USA Soccer Olympic Hopes

AP | TERESA M. WALKER | Posted 05.27.2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Americans had only a handful of seconds left to run out the clock and advance a step closer to the Olympics. With the pressure...

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El Salvador's Largest Street Gangs Reach Truce

AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 05.24.2012

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Leaders of El Salvador's two largest street gangs have reached a truce aimed at reducing the country's homicide rate, one...

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My Immigrant Story (25 Years Later)

Voto Latino | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Guerrilleros, Immigration, Refugee, El Salvador, Immigrant Story, Latino Voices News

I once asked my parents if things were really so bad in El Salvador that all the struggles we've had here in the U.S. have been worth it, and the answer from both of them was, without hesitation, yes.

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El Salvador's Upcoming Vote

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 04.25.2012

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El Salvador has had enough political instability to last an eternity -- through this election they should continue to strive for peace.

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Former Salvadoran Military Officer Indicted On Mass. Immigration Charges

AP | Posted 02.09.2012

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BOSTON -- A former Salvadoran military officer accused of a role in the 1989 deaths of six Jesuit priests has been formally indicted in Massachusetts ...

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Mining for Profits

Sarah Anderson | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Environment, El Salvador, Free Trade, Labor Unions, Investment, Mining, Cafta, Unions, World News

The small country of El Salvador has dared to stand up against powerful international gold mining companies. And now they're dealing with the blowback.

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Giving Thanks by Giving Back

Tim Jahnigen | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: El Salvador, One World Futbol Project, SHARE Foundation, Lisa Tarver, Lower Lempa Region, One World Futbol, Soccer, Impact News

It seems like no matter how difficult the circumstances, people around the world still find a way to play. Play is a critical part of rebuilding lives, resolving conflict and keeping your sanity in the midst of chaos.

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Confirm Ambassador Aponte Now

Rep. Nydia Velázquez | Posted 02.02.2012

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The American people deserve effective representation with our neighbors. Making Latin America more stable will mean great benefit for our nation.

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Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably

Vicki Gass | Posted 01.11.2012

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What was more terrible than the civil war of the 1980s and Hurricane Mitch, which ravaged the region in 1998? Tropical Depression 12-E, a storm that dropped more than five feet of water over ten days, forcing 60,000 people into shelters.

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One Man's Search For His Salvadoran Roots

HuffingtonPost.com | Jorge Luis Macias | Posted 01.03.2012

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PASADENA, Calif. -- In the orphanage in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the boy didn't have a name or a history. He had been separated from his family by the d...

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Beach Soccer Hits El Salvador, Changing Lives Of Local Fishermen And Coffee Pickers

Oscar Pocasangre | Posted 12.16.2011

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Both the coffee picker and the fisherman were near the exit of the Salvadoran airport, along with many other young men who had also fished or farmed for a living. Outside the airport doors a boisterous crowd was cheering and chanting for them, many people were waving flags, and others were holding signs and banners with their names.

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PHOTOS: Floods And Landslides Kill 66 In Central America

AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 12.16.2011

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Central American authorities said on Sunday that at least 66 people had died in six days of heavy rains that caused ...

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At Least 36 Dead As Heavy Rains Hammer Central America

AP | Posted 12.14.2011

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Heavy rains generated by a low-pressure system hammered Central America for a third day Friday, putting officials on aler...

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Let's Stop "Conflict Drugs" in Central America

Eric Farnsworth | Posted 11.30.2011

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Violence has spiked and people are dying gruesome, preventable deaths in Central America, Mexico, and elsewhere as a result of U.S. consumer tastes. Blood diamonds? No, conflict drugs.

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PHOTOS: Ten Days In El Salvador

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 11.26.2011

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Among Central American countries, El Salvador remains somewhat off the tourist radar. Once war-torn, the country is now bouncing back to life. Gan...

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Central American Leaders Warn Of Drug Trafficking Threat At UN

www.un.org | Posted 11.24.2011

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Costa Rica and El Salvador, two countries highly affected by drug-related violence in recent years, have urged the United Nations to help fight drug c...

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WATCH: El Salvador's Great Balls O' Fire Festival

Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 11.30.2011

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Every year, the El Salvadoran city of Nejapa hosts one of the world's most bizarre festivals: Bolas de Fuego, which translates to Balls of Fire. Two t...

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After Horrific Border-Crossing, Ex-Migrant Warns Countrymen Not To Become Victims Too

AP | By DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted 09.13.2011

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Hiding in the bushes, 17-year-old Marcelo Larin watched in terror as attackers raped a fellow migrant, a Guatemalan woman...

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Thanks Dad for Failing: Even When Dads Fall Short, Good Can Come of It

Will Wright | Posted 08.27.2011

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I got to live in exotic places, mix with various cultures, learn how others lived (and thought). All that "internationalizing," as my father called it, would help me later as a foreign correspondent reporting from various parts of the world.

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Former Defense Minister Indicted In Killing Of Six Priests

AP | CIARAN GILES | Posted 07.30.2011

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MADRID — A Spanish judge on Monday indicted 20 Salvadorans for the 1989 slaying of six Jesuit priests and two other people during the Central Am...

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Weekly Diaspora: How Bad U.S.-Latin American Policy Fuels Unauthorized Immigration

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.21.2011

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Too often, the immigration debate in this country ignores the role U.S. foreign policy plays in fue...

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