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.

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El Salvador: news

Salvador ex-rebel 'wins presidency'

Thursday, March 13th 2014, 7:15

Election officials say ex-rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren has won El Salvador's presidential poll after a manual vote count, but his rival can still appeal.
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El Salvador vote recount under way

Monday, March 10th 2014, 22:59

Electoral authorities in El Salvador order a recount of all votes in the unexpectedly close presidential election as both candidates claim victory.
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VIDEO: Castaway 'wants to be left in peace'

Thursday, February 13th 2014, 4:09

A castaway from El Salvador who says he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific is back home.
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VIDEO: Pacific castaway met by media crowds

Wednesday, February 12th 2014, 12:40

The castaway who spent 13 months adrift in a boat is back in his home country, El Salvador.
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El Salvador castaway arrives home

Wednesday, February 12th 2014, 10:30

El Salvador castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga, who claims he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific, finally arrives home to a hero's welcome.
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Pacific castaway begins journey home

Monday, February 10th 2014, 12:22

El Salvador castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga, who claims he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific, begins his journey home.
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VIDEO: Castaway mother 'knew he wasn't dead'

Wednesday, February 5th 2014, 13:22

The mother of a fisherman from El Salvador who claims he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific says she never gave up hope her son was alive.
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El Salvador poll to go into run-off

Monday, February 3rd 2014, 13:13

El Salvador's left-wing candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren has a convincing lead in the presidential polls, which will go into a second round in March.
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El Salvador vote counting under way

Monday, February 3rd 2014, 2:12

El Salvador's left-wing FMLN presidential candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren is leading the polls with more than 50% of votes counted.
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VIDEO: El Salvador votes for new president

Sunday, February 2nd 2014, 22:41

The people of El Salvador are voting in a presidential election.
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El Salvador's Flores 'tried to flee'

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 11:24

El Salvador's ex-leader Francisco Flores tried to flee the country amid a probe into a misuse of funds, the current president Mauricio Funes alleges.
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VIDEO: Murder rate rising in El Salvador

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 7:09

The second anniversary of a gangland truce in El Salvador is approaching and the murder rate is rising again.
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