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Merida Initiative Takes Aim at Transnational Crime

usmission.gov     15 hrs ago    1 related    Send to a friend

By David I. McKeeby Staff Writer Washington -- Through the Merida Initiative, the United States, Mexico and several Central American countries are confronting the shared threat of transnational organized crime, says a top U.S. diplomat. “The United States has a compelling strategic interest in moving...

Salvadoran Youth Assassinated in Suchitoto, El Salvador

cbusimc.org     20 hrs ago    1 related    Send to a friend

Hector Antonio Ventura, one of 14 people arrested during an anti-water privatization protest last year in the town of Suchitoto, El Salvador, was assassinated in his home on May 3. The assailants apparently stabbed him to death, while another man was attacked but survived. Organizations such as...

El Salvador - Yet Another Feather in the Cap of Hugo Chavez?

newsvine.com     13 hrs ago    Send to a friend

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 6:06 AM EDT An image flashes across the screen of pretty young women. They’re dressed in red T-shirts, wave a red flag, and run towards the camera. A voice intones, “Let us all participate in the great party of hope! Change is coming!” The image then...

Illegal immigrants can stay for now

idexer.com     14 hrs ago    Send to a friend

Medrano, husband Jose Arturo and their children were caught by the U.S. Border Patrol crossing into the U.S. in November 2006. They were fleeing their native El Salvador, where, they say, a criminal gang shot at their house while they were inside. The family believes that the attack was aimed at...

Foreign Affairs and International Trade: Secretary of State Guergis to Visit El Salvador

newsblaze.com     yesterday    1 related    Send to a friend

The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State , will visit San Salvador, El Salvador, from May 12 to 14, as part of Canada's renewed engagement in the Americas. ... OTTAWA, ONTARIO - The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International...

RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR: Exhuming Memory

ipsnews.net     yesterday    Send to a friend

CIUDAD BARRIOS, El Salvador, May 12 (IPS) - One of the men comes across a plastic thread and stops digging. He starts to carefully remove the dirt until unearthing a piece of material that he hands to an elderly woman, who is silently observing the exhumation of the remains of victims of El...

Salvadoran Forces Celebrate 184th Birthday (Allies)

freerepublic.com     yesterday    Send to a friend

A wreath lays at the base of the Salvadoran Memorial Monument in honor of fallen Salvadoran soldiers during the “Day of the Salvadoran Soldier” ceremony May 7 at FOB Delta, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Niles. FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA — The Salvadoran Cuscatlán Battalion,...

AES Acquires 25-MW Landfill Gas Project

renewableenergyaccess.com     yesterday    Send to a friend

The AES Corporation announced the acquisition of a landfill gas-to-energy project in Nejapa, El Salvador that is projected to generate an average of 400,000 Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) annually over the next 20 years. ... "This transaction, one of the first...

FMLN calls for election observers from Australia

greenleft.org.au     May 11, 2008    Send to a friend

The Australian speaking tour of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) leader Jorge Schafik Handal Vega began in Sydney on May 6, with a public meeting attended by 50 activists, most from the local El Salvadorean community. ... Handal Vega, son of the legendary...

El Salvador: Hector Ventura of Suchitoto 14 assassinated

ww4report.com     May 10, 2008    Send to a friend

From ElSalvadorSolidarity.org via Upside Down World, May 8: On Friday May 2, Hector Antonio Ventura was assassinated in the community of Valle Verde, Suchitoto. Ventura was the youngest of the 14 political prisoners captured in Suchitoto on July 2, 2007. According to preliminary reports, Ventura...