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- Pearl and Daisy Lowe in Brazil for Christian Aid
Mother and daughter pair, Pearl and Daisy Lowe, have become the latest celebrities to support a charity campaign, after visiting the slum areas of Salvador in Brazil with Christian Aid. Pearl, singer-turned-fashion-designer and her model daughter, Daisy,
- Salvador remittances hit record of $1.25B
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Salvadoran migrants in the U.S. and elsewhere are sending home record amounts of money, while remittances to other countries taper off. El Salvador's Central Reserve Bank reported Friday that it has received a record $1.25
- El Salvador: Hector Ventura of the Suchitoto 14 Assassinated
nd, Hector Antonio Ventura was assassinated in the community of Valle Verde, Suchitoto. Ventura was the youngest of the 14 political prisoners captured in Suchitoto on July 2nd, 2007. According to preliminary reports, Ventura was stabbed to death.
- The spread of pink tide in El Salvador?
Count on ARENA and its U.S. patrons in the White House to launch an all out red-baiting assault to prevent the FMLN from coming to power through the ballot box and thereby halting the further spread of the Pink Tide which is sweeping through Central
- Prof to launch school in El Salvador
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--A new Bible institute and master's-level school in El Salvador is being initiated by a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor. Gerald Cowen, senior professor of New Testament and Greek and former dean of
- Humanitarian aid provided to more than 1,600 Salvadorans
by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs Office 5/13/2008 - COMASAGUA, El Salvador (AFPN) -- An 18-person medical team made up of Airmen and Soldiers spent two days operating a makeshift clinic at an elementary school near
- Incognito Patagonia: Sea kayak exploration of the wild west
Cristian Donoso, 31, has explored the unknown areas of Patagonia since he was 16 years old. A first crossing of Isthmus between nameless and Salvador fjords is only one of the 'firsts' accomplished by Cristian Donoso on this journey. (Click all images
- Panama undergoes cabinet overhaul
'I have decided to add a group of professionals to accompany me in my renewed government team,' said Torrijos during the new cabinet's swearing-in ceremony. Salvador Rodriguez, rector of Panama's Technological University, replaced Belgis Castro as the
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El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.
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