San Salvador, El Salvador News

POCC Minister of Information JR, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., and Radio Zurda in San Salvador, El Salvador.

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, JUNE 16, 2009 Deep in the Salvadoran jungle, rural residents are receiving free medical treatment in a 40-foot cargo container.

Zoila Benevides helps coordinate community outreach for poor children and families in the Mary Mother of the Poor Parish in San Salvador, El Salvador.

A A A magical place Opened in 1955, Disneyland has offered countless smiles and thrills, undergone a number of changes to keep up with the times, and its success has spawned other theme parks across the country and globe.

A federal court in Brazil has ruled that a New Jersey father should get custody of his 8-year-old son, whose mother took him to the South American nation after their divorce and died there, the man's lawyer said Monday.Attorney Patricia Apy, who represents David Goldman, said she was notified of the decision Monday afternoon.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to ease long-standing resentment of US policies in Latin America by showing up this week for events that highlight Washington's awkward history with the region.

A street vendor wearing a face mask and a bib with an anti swine flu virus logo sells masks in San Salvador, El Salvador on June 4, 2009.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador is investigating claims by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that an assassination plot prevented him from visiting the Central American nation.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles as she greets other guests upon her arrival to the inauguration ceremony of El Salvador's new President Mauricio Funes in San Salvador, Monday, June 1, 2009.

Muslims hope Obama speech pushes Palestinian statehood, Islam respect CAIRO, Egypt - Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq - that's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from this Arab capital.

President-elect Mauricio Funes has appointed his wife and a former Marxist guerrilla to Cabinet posts just hours before starting his five-year term.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador a ' A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba's outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group's meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation.

Marcela Peralta, 70, stands outside her house in the impoverished neighbourhood 25 de Julio in Hatillo.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, APRIL 24, 2009 .- Though legislators are still wrestling on wording, the El Salvador Constitution will likely soon define marriage as solely between a man and a woman.

Where did they come from? Where did they go, and why did they leave? These are the fundamental questions that have perplexed archeological scholars regarding the Mayan civilizations of Central America.

A number of Australian observers are here, including a team of Australian Salvadorans who were forced to seek refugee status in Australia at the height of the civil war of the 1980s.

As hundreds of thousands rally in celebration on Avenida Escaln in San Salvador , a supporter holds a poster of El Salvador's President-elect Maurcio Funes, whose victory at the polls last month completed a historic journey for his party of former rebels.

Stroupe, Michta win Americas Race Walk Trials titles Patrick Stroupe and Maria Michta were the respective men's and women's 20 km winners Sunday at the 2009 Americas Race Walk Cup Trials in Pharr, Texas.

Northeast Jones High School and the surrounding community celebrated an important and unique day Tuesday - Shad White Day.

Salvadorans participate in a memorial gathering to commemorate Archbishop Oscar Romero March 24, the 29th anniversary of his death in San Salvador, El Salvador.