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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• 'Naked ambassador' recalled – Flood misery
• Flooding kills 40 in El Salvador – Mexican police retake riot town
• President weeps over dead son – Your pictures

El Salvador: news

'Naked ambassador' recalled

Monday, March 12th 2007, 14:05
related countries: Israel

Israel recalls its envoy in El Salvador after he is found outside by police, drunk, wearing only bondage gear.
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Cuba neighbours to restore ties

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 0:09
related countries: Costa Rica, Cuba, United States
related places: Havana

Costa Rica and El Salvador, the last two Central American nations not recognising Cuba, say they will re-establish ties with Havana.
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Desperate search in El Salvador

Monday, November 9th 2009, 16:01

El Salvador searches for survivors in a rainstorm-ravaged town as the deaths of at least 130 people are confirmed across the country.
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El Salvador buries revolutionary

Monday, January 30th 2006, 2:37

The largest crowd in a generation turns out to bury El Salvador's veteran guerrilla leader Schafik Handal.
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El Salvador facing food shortage

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 23:17

About 10,000 people in El Salvador are in need of food aid after devastating floods washed away crops, a UN agency says.
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El Salvador in US free trade deal

Friday, February 24th 2006, 21:58
related countries: United States

El Salvador becomes the first Central American nation to formally conclude a free trade deal with the United States.
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El Salvador jail rioters kill 21

Sunday, January 7th 2007, 17:48

At least 21 inmates are killed after a riot breaks out at a maximum-security prison in western El Salvador.
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Ex-rebels lead El Salvador poll

Monday, January 19th 2009, 22:44

The party of El Salvador's former leftist guerillas seems poised for victory in the parliamentary election.
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Film-maker killed in El Salvador

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 6:51
related countries: France, Spain

A French-Spanish film-maker who made a documentary about gang life in El Salvador has been shot dead, officials there say.
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Flood misery

Monday, November 9th 2009, 18:17
related countries: United States

US volunteer in El Salvador caught up in disaster
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'Naked ambassador' recalled – Flood miseryFlooding kills 40 in El Salvador – Mexican police retake riot townPresident weeps over dead son – Your pictures