News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Sept. 16, 2011: Latin American nations, El Salvador and Belize have been blacklisted by the U.S.
US President Barack Obama added both countries to a blacklist of nations considered major producers or transit routes for illegal drugs. The US president is required...
News Americas, RAVENNA, Italy, Tues. Sept. 6, 2011: El Salvador whipped Argentina 4-3 on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Beach World Cup.
Agustin Ruiz scored for a third straight game for El Salvador with a header. Frank Velasquez scored his second in three games to give El Salvador the lead...
Published on Jun 07 2011
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News Americas, DETROIT, Michigan, Weds. June 8, 2011: Panama scored a 3-2 win Tuesday over Guadeloupe in their Gold Cup opener here.
Blas Perez, Luis Tejada and Gabriel Gomez scored for Panama to hand the side the win.
The victory was only Panama’s second in its last eight Gold Cup matches and...
News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. June 7, 2011: El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugo Martínez, is the new President of the forty-first regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, (OAS).
Martínez was elected Monday by acclamation at the first plenary...
News Americas, MADRID, Spain, Tues. May 31, 2011: Twenty military officers including two former defense ministers from El Salvador have been ordered arrested.
The officers are accused of killing of six Jesuit priests and two women in 1989. The priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were shot dead...
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 15, 2011: El Salvador boasts an extensive coastline and seafood is a common ingredient. But it’s the pupusas or thick corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, meat, squash, and/or other fillings that is most popular. The pupusa is so fundamental to the cuisine of...
By Felicia Persaud
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Mar. 25, 2011: President Obama wrapped up his tri-country visit to Latin America this week with another empty promise in El Salvador to push for immigration reform in the U.S. that includes a pathway to legalization for the undocumented, many of whom...
News Americas, MANASSAS, Va., Thurs. Mar. 24, 2011: Several Latin American and Caribbean migrants were among 130 busted in the Northern Virginia area this week.
The immigrants, considered to be criminal aliens and fugitives from justice, were iced following an enforcement surge by U.S. Immigration and...
News Americas, SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Weds. Mar. 23, 2011: President Obama yesterday insisted in El Salvador that he is still very much in favor of comprehensive immigration reform for undocumented immigrants.
In a country which has about 25 percent of its population living undocumented in the United...
News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Mar. 18, 2011: El Salvador has won in a dispute brought by U.S. miner Commerce Group.
The Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes this week agreed with the El Salvador government’s argument that it lacked jurisdiction to hear...
