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 [...]
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, [...]
Legends Of El Salvador – La Sihuanaba
Comments OffThis legend is about a woman with long tangled hair covering her face, with a slim body and long nails and with enormous breasts that hung almost to the ground. La Sihuanaba appears on roads, in rivers and ravines to single and drunken men wandering around late at night. A legend used as a warning. [...]
Gangs rule in El Salvador jails
“There are four ways our officers can get themselves killed,” says Major Gabriel Rodas, director of Ciudad Barrios prison in rural El Salvador. “First, if they receive money from the prisoners as part of a deal and then they don’t fulfil their side. Secondly, if they hit a prisoner. Thirdly, if they mistreat prisoners’ visitors. [...]
Four Archaeological Areas in El Salvador
There are four archaeological areas of interest to tourists visiting the country. The first is Joya de Ceren. It is a little pre-colombian Mayan farming village (Tower of the Ceren) buried for more than 1400 years under ten layers of volcanic ash after the eruption of the Laguna Caldero volcano around 600AD, and preserved. The excavations [...]
