18 Fun Facts About El Salvador
1. In 2002 El Salvador was the premiere location for the Central American and Caribbean sports games. Roughly 2 million tickets were sold to this world event. 2. El Salvador first introduced its flag in 1909. He meaning of the flag stands for blue which is unity and the whit area represents peace. 3. Famous [...]
Salvadorans Seek a Voice To Match Their Numbers
Comments OffFor nearly three decades Salvadoran immigrants have been among the nation’s most organized newcomers, founding clubs to raise money for schools back home, establishing medical clinics for new arrivals and battling in Congress and courts to gain legal status for tens of thousands of political dissidents who fled persecution by the U.S.-backed government during El [...]
Filmmaker slain in El Salvador was worried about growing violence
Comments OffChristian Poveda was dismayed by the increasing viciousness of the gangs he had chronicled. ‘Government authorities have no idea of the monster facing them,’ he said a day before his death. The day before he was killed this week, Christian Poveda, veteran photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, said he was worried. The Salvadoran street gangs whose [...]
Independance Day El Salvador
El Salvador Independence Day Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC September 14, 2009 On behalf of the people United States, I would like to offer warm wishes and congratulations to the people of El Salvador as they celebrate the 188th anniversary of their independence on September 15. Across El Salvador, [...]
El Salvador’s Funes marks
Comments OffMauricio Funes on Tuesday reaches his 100th day as president of El Salvador with a more than 80 percent approval rating, in spite of attempts by the opposition to paint his administration as a “government of deception.” Funes, a former TV journalist who ran as a reformed leftist on the ticket of the Farabundo Martí [...]
