• The storm was forecast to dump five to 10 inches (12-24 centimeters) of rain from El Salvador to Costa Rica with as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) in some areas. (counton2.com)
  • Costa Rica comes to Santiago-2023 with 90 representatives, who will seek, at least, to repeat the gold obtained in the past Pan American Games. (ticotimes.net)
  • This satellite image provided by NOAA on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, shows Tropical Storm Pilar approaching El Salvador on the Pacific coast of Central America. (counton2.com)
  • Central America enters the Santiago-2023 Pan American Games with modest expectations, as the Central American nations have historically struggled to make an impact on the medal standings at the competition. (ticotimes.net)
  • The book will be published in North America on March 29, 2022, by Seven Stories Press and is currently available in the UK from Fitzcarraldo Editions. (sevenstories.com)
  • For these Pan American Games, Guatemalan athletes will compete as independent athletes and under the neutral flag of Panam Sports, the organization in charge of the Games, due to a sanction imposed in 2022 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the local committee. (ticotimes.net)
  • An avatar of President Nayib Bukele is projected on to a LED screen during the closing ceremony of a congress for cryptocurrency investors in Santa Maria Mizata, El Salvador, at the weekend. (afr.com)
  • Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, used the Salvadoran congress which he controlled to remove the Salvadoran Attorney General and five judges from El Salvador's highest court this past spring and is unabashed about the dictatorship he has established . (militarytimes.com)
  • The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced Wednesday the arrest of the ninth of 15 leaders of the violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) in. (ticotimes.net)
  • Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) leaders fled to Mexico to evade the war declared against gangs by President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, where arrests without. (ticotimes.net)
  • The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, assured that he is about to win the war against the violent gangs that controlled 80% of. (ticotimes.net)
  • Authorities in El Salvador have arrested more than 9,000 suspected gang members in the past 15 days, President Nayib Bukele announced Sunday, amid a. (ticotimes.net)
  • Supporters of presidential candidate Nayib Bukele participate in a rally to close his election campaign in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, January 26, 2019. (thenation.com)
  • After ten years in power, the left-leaning Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) seems likely to be unseated by the young, wealthy, shapeshifting former mayor of San Salvador, Nayib Bukele, who recently took the mantle of the young Great National Alliance (GANA). (thenation.com)
  • President Nayib Bukele and his wife Gabriela at the inaugural in Plaza Barrios in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 2019. (americamagazine.org)
  • On June 1, Nayib Bukele , a young and social-media-savvy business entrepreneur, was sworn in as president of El Salvador. (americamagazine.org)
  • Later in 2016, autochthonous cases were detected in countries in the Southern Cone other than Brazil and parts of North America. (cdc.gov)
  • El Salvador's president has said the Central American country plans to build a volcano-powered "bitcoin city" financed partly by an issue of $US1 billion ($1.4 billion) in sovereign bonds backed by the cryptocurrency. (afr.com)
  • EL SALVADOR: Corrected-Can Women Boost El Salvador's Fragile Gang Truce? (peacewomen.org)
  • The San Salvador Volcano, also known as the Volcán San Salvador , is a large stratovolcano that dominates the western portion of El Salvador's capital city of San Salvador. (madeincentralamerica.net)
  • El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador . (wikipedia.org)
  • Almost 75 percent of the Salvadoran people believe that the new administration is "very capable, or somewhat capable" of improving El Salvador's security, according to a recent poll conducted by the Jesuit-run José Simeón Cañas Central American University. (americamagazine.org)
  • El Salvador __ 'El Salvador's name still evokes images of the brutal civil war fought throughout the 1980s in the tangle of mountains and farmlands that quilt the smallest country in Central America. (archaeolink.com)
  • From August 2020 through January 2021, the United Methodist Committee on Relief released a series of emergency grants to Methodist and ecumenical partners to aid emergency relief efforts across Central America. (umcmission.org)
  • The extremely popular Bukele - a former mayor of the capital San Salvador - has enjoyed approval ratings of more than 80 per cent. (afr.com)
  • While Mr. Bukele wants to direct his administration toward the future of El Salvador, the archbishop of San Salvador, the Most Rev. José Luis Escobar Alas, and Catholic and human rights groups remain concerned about historical memory and want justice for war crimes to be addressed in a country that in many ways is still divided by its civil war. (americamagazine.org)
  • The country of volcanoes, perfect waves and an eternal smile awaits you with open arms to enjoy the party of our Central American and Caribbean Games," said the president of the National Sports Institute of El Salvador, Yamil Bukele. (today90.com)
  • Specifically, as part of CARSI, the FAST units create and train vetted host-country anti-drug units, which currently exist in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Panama. (cispes.org)
  • Those that can't tear themselves away from the coastline can hop between the surf beaches of El Salvador and Guatemala, or hot foot it to the indigenous territories of San Blas Islands in Panama to explore the aquamarine waterways by canoe. (flightcentre.com.au)
  • Panama, the second Central American country with the most medals in the Pan American Games (61), will send a delegation of 90 athletes. (ticotimes.net)
  • UCA was founded on September 15, 1965, at the request of a group of Catholic families who appealed to the Salvadoran government and the Society of Jesus in order to create a university as an alternative to the University of El Salvador, becoming the first private institution of higher education in the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • You only need to walk the streets of San Pedro Sula in Honduras or the Salvadoran capital San Salvador to see it. (amnesty.org)
  • El Salvador free trade agreements have not only opened new markets for Salvadoran goods and services but have also attracted foreign investment, driving innovation and economic prosperity. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • The topics that typically bring El Salvador into the US news cycle-migration, caravans, and gangs-are hardly the predominant themes of the current Salvadoran election cycle. (thenation.com)
  • And yet, with the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status in the United States-a policy that gave around 200,000 Salvadorans deportation relief, and which is now held up by an injunction in the courts-and with Washington recently threatening to remove El Salvador from the CAFTA-DR free-trade agreement, US relations are something the Salvadoran candidates must contend with. (thenation.com)
  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights pressured Salvadoran lawmakers to halt further progress on the legislation while it formulates recommendations. (americamagazine.org)
  • Economy of El Salvador __ 'The Salvadoran economy has experienced mixed results from the ARENA government's commitment to free market initiatives and conservative fiscal management that include the privatization of the banking system, telecommunications, public pensions, electrical distribution, and some electrical generation, reduction of import duties, elimination of price controls, and an improved enforcement of intellectual property rights. (archaeolink.com)
  • The XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games will be officially inaugurated this Friday at the Jorge "El Mágico" González Stadium in the Salvadoran capital, where around 25,000 people will witness the ceremony. (today90.com)
  • Surf City El Salvador 2019: A Celebration of Central American Surfing! (centralamerica.com)
  • El Salvador, with 80 athletes, will seek to repeat the feat of Lima-2019, where it achieved three of its four golds in its history at the Pan American Games. (ticotimes.net)
  • I don't understand that about the constitution, but the man is doing a good job - he's finishing with the gangs - and yes, I support him," said Estela Sánchez, a produce vendor in the San Salvador suburb of Santa Tecla. (latimes.com)
  • Journalists in El Salvador who write about gangs can now be sent to prison. (latimes.com)
  • In the case of El Salvador, there is a conspicuous absence in the discussion: the question of women's participation in the process - despite the fact that the importance of including women is one of the key lessons from other peace processes in the past two decades," Jennifer Peirce, an expert in gangs and urban violence, and consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank, writes in a blog. (peacewomen.org)
  • While women make up the minority in gangs across Central America, they are increasingly playing more active and important roles in gangs while suffering high levels of physical and sexual abuse, according to a 2012 report by peacebuilding groups. (peacewomen.org)
  • Antonio Villaraigosa told the BBC that many gangs across North and Central America were started from his city. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The heads of the national police forces of several countries where gangs are prevalent, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico are meeting officials from US drug enforcement agencies and the FBI. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Over 52,000 children have been apprehended at the US border since October 2013, most of them from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and many of them unaccompanied. (cispes.org)
  • El Salvador ended 2018 with a homicide rate of 50 for every 100,000 thousand people, the highest homicide rate in Central America, higher than both Guatemala and Honduras. (thenation.com)
  • The project will work with civil society and workers' organizations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to strengthen their capacity and bolster their collaboration with government agencies, the private sector and other stakeholders to protect labor rights and reduce child labor and forced labor. (dol.gov)
  • The official also emphasized that countries like Guatemala and Honduras are facing severe energy crises due to El Niño, but El Salvador remains steady in its energy distribution, allowing it to continue meeting the national demand. (elsalvadorinenglish.com)
  • The back-to-back hurricane systems Eta and Iota that followed similar destructive paths across the region in November 2020 as well as the heavy toll of the COVID-19 pandemic have only further exacerbated the dire situation for many Central Americans. (lwr.org)
  • Among them is badminton player Kevin Cordón, winner of four medals in Pan American Games, including two golds, and fourth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (ticotimes.net)
  • The Inter-American Dialogue engages our network of global leaders to foster democratic governance, prosperity, and social equity in Latin America and the Caribbean. (thedialogue.org)
  • Carolyn Barker-Villena, the senior regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, shares her thoughts in this op-ed published in The Baltimore Sun. (lwr.org)
  • Zika virus subsequently spread across the Andean subregion, § Central America, and Latin and non-Latin Caribbean. (cdc.gov)
  • Presidents Trump and Peña Nieto - and the Presidents of the countries these people are fleeing from - claim that most of the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children fleeing Central America are economic migrants, people who choose to leave their countries in search of a better life. (amnesty.org)
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  • Search El Salvador! (wepa.com)
  • In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the Spanish, which included the territory that would become El Salvador until its independence from Spain in 1821. (wikipedia.org)
  • Together with other provinces from Central America, El Salvador declared its independence in 1821. (ducksters.com)
  • El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. (travelblog.org)
  • Canadians acted with concerned solidarity and welcomed tens of thousands of refugees from Central America during decades of armed conflict and cruel, racist repression. (amnesty.ca)
  • The United States is providing nearly $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance through international organizations and NGO partners in Mexico and Central America, bringing our total humanitarian assistance for the region since FY 2018 to more than $594 million. (usembassy.gov)
  • Between September and October, Salvadoreans abroad sent about $US32 million in remittances back home using the Chivo Wallet, the country's Central Reserve Bank chief said recently. (afr.com)
  • Of the 120 people arrested in a recent anti-gang raid in El Salvador, 40 had been deported from the US at least once, the country's police chief Rodrigo Avila-Aviles said. (bbc.co.uk)
  • For those traveling independently, the best way to get to the park is by driving to Santa Tecla via the Pan-American Highway. (madeincentralamerica.net)
  • The United Nations has ranked El Salvador as one of the deadliest countries on earth outside of a war zone , with more than 108 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2015. (amnesty.org)
  • According to the United Nations, El Salvador has, after Haiti, the most deteriorated environment in the Western Hemisphere. (ncronline.org)
  • But above all, it's clearly unconstitutional and conflicts with a recent advisory opinion issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that rejects unlimited reelection. (elfaro.net)
  • It focuses on the pioneering jurisprudence developed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the past years, which has developed an evolutive, dynamic and effective interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights, under the light of the systemic integration of international human rights law. (lu.se)
  • However, the lack of national responses has triggered the development of a regional jurisprudence by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR or the Court). (lu.se)
  • But it is Central Americans who are immediately affected by what has now turned into one of the largest human rights crises in the Americas. (amnesty.org)
  • A tiny country, El Salvador is both the most densely populated state on the mainland of the Americas and the most industrialised in Central America. (archaeolink.com)
  • In response, in May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which serves as the Regional Office of the Americas for the World Health Organization (WHO), issued recommendations to enhance surveillance for Zika virus. (cdc.gov)
  • In other words, the Inter-American Court has interpreted the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR, the Convention or the American Convention) in light of all other universal or regional instruments that would be applicable in a specific case in order to provide the most effective protection to migrant children in situation of vulnerability in the Americas. (lu.se)
  • On the streets of Tegucigalpa or San Salvador or Santo Domingo or in the capitals of five other Central American countries, few people would be able to provide an answer to this question: What is the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America's (COMISCA)? (cdc.gov)
  • For El Salvador, this engagement opens doors to diversify its export markets and strengthen economic ties with countries on the Pacific Rim. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • El Salvador, along with other Central American countries, signed an Association Agreement with the European Union (EU) in 2012. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • Their goal will be to improve on the record that the Central American countries have in the Pan American Games, where they have only won 35 of the nearly 5,000 gold medals awarded since the games debut in Buenos Aires in 1951. (ticotimes.net)
  • Several of the worst Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in Central American countries, affecting some of the poorest populations in Latin America. (umcmission.org)
  • These emergency grants, spread out across six countries in Central America, provided emergency food, building supplies and COVID-19 protection for some very vulnerable people in deeply affected communities," Fernandes noted. (umcmission.org)
  • Some Central American officials have expressed concern about US methods of deporting gang members to countries where local authorities are unable to arrest them because they have committed no crime in their country of origin. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Raising tobacco taxes in selected countries of Central America. (who.int)
  • Population density per square kilometer (highest in Central America). (centralamerica.com)
  • In El Salvador, a large population is incarcerated in jails that function more like "torture chambers. (thedialogue.org)
  • With smatterings of Maya ruins and volcanoes within tangled jungles, an immense population of native wildlife, pristine bodies of water and vibrant cities - Central America is a nirvana for 'green' adventurers. (flightcentre.com.au)
  • El Salvador suffers one of the world's highest murder rates, and a third of its population lives below the poverty line-part of the reason thousands of Salvadorans seek asylum in the United States each year. (americamagazine.org)
  • This dramatic level of environmental vulnerability explains why almost 80 percent of the population is opposed to metallic mining, and 77 percent has demanded that the government take immediate measures to close the door to this industry, according to surveys by Central American University José Simeón Cañas . (ncronline.org)
  • In a recent meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden in Guatemala, President Salvador Sánchez Cerén of El Salvador was adamant that the rights of these children, whose principal motive is to reunite with a parent who had previously migrated to the US, be respected. (cispes.org)
  • According to local media, the famous American DJ known as Marshmello will make a presentation at the opening ceremony of the event that in this edition shares the organization with the Dominican Republic, a country that will host seven sports. (today90.com)
  • Lutheran World Relief is working with dozens of local partners to help those affected by disasters recover and to strengthen the economies of communities in Central America - specifically the Northern Triangle - to build food security, resilience and stability. (lwr.org)
  • Over the long run, we believe these investments in the people and communities of Central America and beyond are the best measures for addressing the root causes of migration. (lwr.org)
  • It included press conferences, TV and radio interviews, public forums, presentations to key decision-makers, a meeting with President Salvador Sánchez Cerén and - confident of our incipient victory - a celebration at the close of the week with the rural communities most threatened by mining. (ncronline.org)
  • They went through the steps with UMCOR to identify the most vulnerable families in the communities of El Paisnal and San Salvador. (umcmission.org)
  • [ 1 ] T cruzi mostly is found in blood-sucking triatomine insects (kissing bugs) and small mammals in a sylvatic cycle that is enzootic from the southern and southwestern United States to central Argentina and Chile. (medscape.com)
  • As a result of this El Salvador free trade agreement, the country has seen an increase in foreign investment, leading to the development of new industries and the creation of job opportunities. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • Both hopeful and despairing Salvadorans head to the polls on February 3, and a political shakeup of the small Central American country is expected. (thenation.com)
  • The summit offers spectacular views of the city of San Salvador and (on clear days) Lake Ilopango, which is the second largest lake in the country. (madeincentralamerica.net)
  • This article is about the country in Central America. (wikipedia.org)
  • República de El Salvador ), is a country in Central America . (wikipedia.org)
  • However, social inequality and the fact that the country lies within a seismic zone define much of contemporary El Salvador. (archaeolink.com)
  • Doing Business in El Salvador __ 'This page provides a snapshot of each country�s aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. (archaeolink.com)
  • Guatemala, with 94 medals, is the Central American country that has climbed to the podium the most times. (ticotimes.net)
  • It is the most deforested country in Latin America, with as low as 1 percent of its original forests intact . (ncronline.org)
  • El Salvador on Tuesday began taking emergency measures in a drought that has plagued the country for a month and cost tens of thousands of farmers their corn crops, the civil protection agency said. (org.in)
  • Until US policy stops supporting violent and corrupt regimes and abandons its interventions for transnational corporate interests in Central America, children will continue to make the dangerous journey to the United States. (cispes.org)
  • However, the killings of innocent Hondurans shatter the veneer of institution building that the State Department maintains around CARSI and threaten to rupture the myth that the US is investing in stability and democracy in Central America, rather than in militarized drug-control strategies that have been proven failures. (cispes.org)
  • Four months ago, when his report to the Organization of American States (OAS) on the state of democracy in El Salvador was published, Santiago Cantón was bound by institutional guidelines that prevented him from speaking freely about Nayib Bukele's administration. (elfaro.net)
  • The report put the most popular president in Latin America in a bad light and expressed "concern for actions that could violate the rule of law and democracy in El Salvador. (elfaro.net)
  • Debating whether or not El Salvador is a democracy makes no sense anymore. (elfaro.net)
  • Viewed in isolation, this court decision, the May 1 dismissal of the legitimate Constitutional Chamber justices, or the August 31 purge of judges might not lead one to say that El Salvador is no longer a democracy. (elfaro.net)
  • Volcano expeditions also abound - join guided treks up to Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano or horseback rides to Guazapa Volcano in El Salvador. (flightcentre.com.au)
  • Lookout Points - There are five different lookout points that provide views of the main crater, Lake Ilopango, and even as far as the Izalco Volcano in western El Salvador. (madeincentralamerica.net)
  • The campaign is directed at Western Europe, Latin America, the U.S. and to a lesser extent Australia and New Zealand. (cia.gov)
  • Our mission encourages rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. (coha.org)
  • Relevant information and insightful analysis about US-Latin American affairs, directly in your inbox. (coha.org)
  • COHA's mission actively promotes the common interests of the hemisphere, raises the visibility of regional affairs and increases the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. (coha.org)
  • The rest of Latin America must join in. (elfaro.net)
  • Our assistance will support the humanitarian and protection needs of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and vulnerable migrants in Mexico and Central America, as well as continuing efforts through international organization and NGO partners to assist governments by providing an array of support across the region. (usembassy.gov)
  • The biggest mistake made by the Inter-American community in recent decades has been its slowness to take action. (elfaro.net)
  • The crackdown began in late March after alleged gang members killed 62 people in one day, and has maintained its popularity within El Salvador despite a rising number of documented human rights violations. (latimes.com)
  • Lutheran World Relief has partnered with the U.S. government, national, regional and municipal governments in Central America, international and local organizations, foundations, the private sector, U.S. churches, agricultural cooperatives and the people themselves to invest in this future. (lwr.org)
  • Prior to the 20th century, African Americans were not that segregated from other people in the cities. (lu.se)
  • En route to Mexico and El Salvador for an @theiwmf reporting trip. (iwmf.org)
  • As images of children huddled in masses on immigrant detention center floors along the US-Mexico border make headlines worldwide, the US government is responding with more of the same failed policies that have generated the security crisis and economic and social devastation in Central America that spurs migration in the first place. (cispes.org)
  • [17] In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City . (wikipedia.org)
  • El Salvador is the only one of the three, so far, that pledged allegiance to China over Taiwan, but merely severing Central American nation-state recognition of Taiwan is not China's primary objective in the region. (militarytimes.com)
  • The El Niño phenomenon is affecting the entire Central American region, causing an energy crisis due to insufficient rainfall, not only in El Salvador but also in Guatemala, where they have larger reservoirs that have no water reserves. (elsalvadorinenglish.com)
  • When he took the helm at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at the end of January, Jarbas Barbosa, MD, MPH, PhD, was intent on reshaping the image that the health sector developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. (medscape.com)
  • Tamara Taraciuk Broner , director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, spoke with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on President Nayib Bukele's state of emergency and its impact on rights. (thedialogue.org)
  • The athletes have trained hard to face the challenges presented by the Pan American Games," said Alexander Zamora, president of the Costa Rican Olympic Committee. (ticotimes.net)
  • El Salvador President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, second from left, meets Gov. Carlos Padilla, second from right. (ncronline.org)
  • And as El Salvador gears up for presidential elections next month, it's likely the gang truce will become even more politicised. (peacewomen.org)
  • 100-meter hurdler Andrea Vargas , current Pan American champion, and Andrés Acuña , silver in the last world racquetball championship. (ticotimes.net)
  • Chicago, Cleveland, Baltimore, St Louis, and Milwaukee are all cities where African Americans remain trapped in declining neighbourhoods with few opportunities and increasing levels of violence. (lu.se)
  • El Salvador is a small but dynamic Central American nation that has been actively engaged in fostering economic growth through strategic international partnerships. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • This agreement also encourages the adoption of international standards and practices, contributing to the overall improvement of the business environment in El Salvador. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • Moreover, the enhanced market access provided by these El Salvador free trade agreements has enabled small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in El Salvador to participate in international trade. (thecentralamericangroup.com)
  • A week ago, nobody in the international community ventured to unequivocally state that there is an institutional breakdown in El Salvador. (elfaro.net)
  • The focus of this research brief is to propose a critical analysis of the judicial inter- relation (and potential cross-fertilization) between international and regional human rights systems, with particular focus on the effective recognition of asylum-seeking children's rights within the Inter-American system. (lu.se)
  • El Salvador had been the victim of an increasingly aggressive campaign by OceanaGold. (ncronline.org)
  • El Salvador has been in negotiations with the IMF all year and analysts do not see a deal materialising soon. (afr.com)
  • After a lengthy process of consultations with civil society organizations and other key actors, the bill was presented to the Legislative Assembly by an alliance of Central American University, the San Salvador Archdiocese and Caritas on Feb. 6 of this year. (ncronline.org)