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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
