· June, 2007

Stories about El Salvador from June, 2007

El Salvador: Crime Pays

13 June 2007

A recent report by the United Nations Development Programme found that only 4% of all homicides resulted in punishment, which led to a dispute by Minister of Security, René Figueroa . Tim Muth writes in Tim's El Salvador Blog that “Figueroa can complain about the study, but the facts are...

El Salvador: Newspaper Refuses to Publish FMLN Critique

  9 June 2007

The Salvadoran daily La Prensa Gráfica recently refused to publish a piece from opposition party FMLN criticizing current President Tony Saca, as it claimed it is a private company that reserves the right to publish anything they see fit. The blog Hora Cero [ES] places the information on his site...

Americas: Recent Poll Numbers

  5 June 2007

Bloggings by Boz returns with his regular installment of poll numbers from across the region. The summary post includes news from Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina.