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State Department Launches Journalism Security Hub in Central America
May 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Jane Zimmerman traveled to San Salvador on April 29 to participate in the launch of a regional Journalism Security Hub, in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day (May 3). continue reading »
Salvadorian Police Recover 4-year-old Girl Abducted in Mexico
April 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff
A 4-year-old girl who disappeared on April 1 in the city of Texcoco has been found in El Salvador and is "in perfect health," the Mexican Foreign Relations Secretariat said. Valeria Hernandez de Jesus was lured away from her mother, a vendor in Texcoco's Plaza Bicentenario, by a man, media reports said. continue reading »
El Salvadorans Want Assassinated Archbishop Romero Honored with Beatification
March 21, 2013 | by Grant Sabatier
This week El Salvador is remembering and honoring Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Arnulfo Romero who was assassinated while celebrating Mass, 33 years ago this year. continue reading »
ICE Nabs Man Wanted for Kidnapping, Attempted Murder in El Salvador
March 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff
A citizen of El Salvador and Honduras, who was previously removed from the United States, and is wanted in El Salvador for kidnapping and attempted murder, was arrested today by officers from U.S. Immigration and Custom continue reading »
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Mexican Marines Rescue 104 Central American Kidnapped Migrants
March 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Marines found 104 Honduran and Salvadoran migrants in Nuevo Laredo, a border city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the Navy Secretariat said. continue reading »
ICE: 116 Criminal Aliens Arrested by Tulsa-based Officers in 2012
February 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The local office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of 116 foreign nationals with criminal convictions during calendar year 2012. continue reading »
Paleontologists Discover Mastodon Fossils in El Salvador
February 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff
At least 12 fossil fragments, including some from a mastodon, have been discovered at a new paleontological site in El Salvador. continue reading »
Salvadoran Mother Facing Deporation Hopes for Miracle
February 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Ana Cañenguez, a Salvadoran mother living in Utah who has been on a long, painful journey to support her kids, says that only her faith keeps her from despair now that she has r continue reading »
Gang Shootout Kills 4 in El Salvador
February 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Four people were killed and three others wounded Friday in a shootout between rival gangs in the eastern province of San Miguel, Salvadoran authorities said. continue reading »
Clinton Curtis Band to Travel to Latin America as Part of American Music Abroad Program
January 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The New York-based Clinton Curtis Band will tour Central and South America, and the Caribbean as part of the U.S. Department of State’s American Music Abroad Program, organized by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. continue reading »
Salvadoran Quintuplets Continue to Defy Odds, Turn 18
January 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The Salvadoran quintuplets who were given little chance of survival when they were born in 1995 are now 18 and busy planning for their futures. continue reading »
U.S. Border Patrol Agents Catch Aggravated Felon Previously Deported by US
January 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents stopped the smuggling attempt of an aggravated felon Wednesday. At approximately 1:30 a.m., agents from the Champlain Border Patrol station encountered a suspicious black SUV with four occupants traveling east on State Route 276 near Rouses Point, N.Y. When agents stopped the vehicle they discovered a male driver and three male passengers all claiming to be nationals of El Salvador. continue reading »
El Salvador to Launch Youth Violence Prevention Program
December 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff
El Salvador will implement a new social youth violence prevention project, which combines work training, institutional strengthening and jail rehabilitation programs, among other actions, thanks to a $45 million loan approved today by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
STUDY: LatAm Women are Better Educated but Lower Paid
October 21, 2012 | by Inter-American Development Bank
Despite recent gains, the wage gap between men and women in Latin America still prevails, according to a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study entitled “New Century, Old Disparities,” which compares surveys of representative households in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries. continue reading »
IDB Finances Program to Improve Labor Force Productivity in El Salvador
October 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan for $20 million to El Salvador to fund a training project that will improve the labor force productivity, particularly for young people between 16 and 29 years and workers in micro- and small-scale enterprises. continue reading »
