Stories about El Salvador from September, 2006
El Salvador: Religious Freedom and Murdered Priest
Just a day after writing about religious freedom in El Salvador, Tim Muth learns that a priest was brutally beaten and killed.
Central America: Indepedence Day
Tim Muth describes the festivities in El Salvador as Central Americans celebrated 185 years of independence from Spain. In Costa Rica, apparently it is Independence Eve when the real parties get started. Uri Ridelman links to a YouTube video of the Patriotica Costarricense: “one of the most important songs of...
What Salvadoran bloggers are saying — 100 Days in the Republic of Death
El Salvador faces an epidemic of violent deaths. The country has the highest murder rate in Latin America, and August 2006 was the bloodiest month yet with 370 murders in the small Central America nation. In reaction, well-known Salvadoran artist Mayra Barraza has created a blog 100 días en la...
El Salvador: Cases of Corruption
Qué Joder has a link to a powerpoint presentation of cases of corruption (ES) during the presidency (1999 – 2004) of Francisco Flores.
