News: El Salvador

We have started to collect the most important news related to El Salvador in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to El Salvador – overview

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• May 19th 2013 – January 21st 2012
• January 17th 2012 – March 23rd 2011
• February 21st 2011 – June 21st 2010
• March 25th 2010 – November 8th 2009
• October 8th 2009 – January 19th 2009
• July 15th 2008 – February 24th 2006
• January 30th 2006 – November 19th 2005

El Salvador: news

El Salvador gangs warn over truce

Sunday, May 19th 2013, 0:16

The leaders of the main gangs in El Salvador vow to maintain a 14-month-long truce, but say political changes threaten the peace.
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VIDEO: The most dangerous place to be a woman

Tuesday, January 15th 2013, 18:48

El Salvador is a country long blighted by violence, and the abuse of women is a particular problem - but now women are starting to speak out against their treatment.
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El Salvador killing probe ordered

Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 10:13
related countries: United States

El Salvador should investigate a civil war-era massacre that left some 1,000 people dead and bring those responsible to justice, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights rules.
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Can El Salvador's gang truce last?

Wednesday, November 21st 2012, 0:34

Meet the gang chiefs trying to halt El Salvador's killings
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US targets El Salvador gang cash

Friday, October 12th 2012, 10:41
related countries: United States
related places: Los Angeles

The US names the violent MS-13 gang, established by Salvadorean immigrants in Los Angeles in the 1980s, as a transnational criminal organisation.
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VIDEO: El Salvador's fireball tradition

Sunday, September 2nd 2012, 17:23
related places: Nejapa

Residents in the town of Nejapa in El Salvador have been commemorating a volcanic eruption in 1658 which destroyed the town, by hurling fireballs at each other.
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El Salvador gang truce 'working'

Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 14:41

Murders in El Salvador drop from an average of 14 a day to five, police figures show, as a street gang truce passes three months.
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New sex claim hits Secret Service

Friday, April 27th 2012, 2:40
related countries: United States

The US Secret Service is looking into allegations its employees paid for strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador ahead of a presidential visit.
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El Salvador's Arena party 'wins'

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 2:01

El Salvador's opposition Arena party is on course for a general election win, according to officials, with almost all the votes counted.
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Mexico earthquake shakes region

Saturday, January 21st 2012, 20:08
related countries: Mexico
related places: San Salvador, Tuxtla Gutierrez

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of southern Mexico is felt around the region, from regional capital Tuxtla Gutierrez to San Salvador.
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May 19th 2013 – January 21st 2012January 17th 2012 – March 23rd 2011February 21st 2011 – June 21st 2010March 25th 2010 – November 8th 2009October 8th 2009 – January 19th 2009July 15th 2008 – February 24th 2006January 30th 2006 – November 19th 2005