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Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 17, 3:28 am ET
During the ceremony for the priests killed in 1989, the defense minister says that the army is prepared to ask for forgiveness and that he is willing to open military archives to investigators. In a sign of the remarkable changes afoot in El Salvador, the government Monday bestowed the nation's highest award on six Jesuit priests slain by the army exactly 20 years ago.
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Denver Post - Tue Nov 17, 3:21 am ET
Six Jesuit priests killed by the army during El Salvador's civil war two decades ago were decorated with the country's highest honor Monday.
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News 10 Now Syracuse - Mon Nov 16, 10:00 pm ET
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It was a solemn evening for the Le Moyne College community as many gathered for a vigil honoring the victims of an attack in El Salvador 20 years ago.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 16, 4:04 pm ET
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- El Salvador plans to sell benchmark dollar bonds in overseas markets after losing its investment-grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Mon Nov 16, 9:25 am ET
On Friday, U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern received an honorary degree from the University of Central America in El Salvador for his work in an American Congressional investigation into the killing of six Jesuit priests by a military death squad in 1989.
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USA Today - Mon Nov 16, 7:52 am ET
Salvadoran authorities say at least 192 people were killed by floods and landslides that swept through the country last week.
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The News Journal - Mon Nov 16, 3:59 am ET
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- A few days before I left on holiday last month, I e-mailed Brother Ronald Giannone, known in Delaware for his work with the poor.
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Deseret News - Mon Nov 16, 12:29 am ET
El Salvador: Flood toll
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 15, 6:04 pm ET
Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- El Salvador was cut to Ba1 with a negative outlook by Moody’s Investors Service, marking the third credit company to rate the country’s debt at junk.
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FOX 11 Tucson - Sun Nov 15, 4:18 pm ET
VERAPAZ, El Salvador (AP) — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 124 people, authorities said.
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Seattle Times - Sun Nov 15, 3:37 am ET
Hope is fading that an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, who spent more than a dozen years as a confidential informant for local law enforcement, might gain legal status in the U.S. Unable to find work in this economy, Ernesto Gamboa says he may decide early next year to give up and return to his home country.
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Northwest Herald - Sun Nov 15, 2:30 am ET
WOODSTOCK – It has been a long road for Carlos Leivos, who came to America from El Salvador when he was 22 years old with few contacts and a Spanish native tongue.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Sat Nov 14, 6:43 pm ET
Emergency supplies donated by Chevron, operating in El Salvador under its Texaco brand, will arrive this weekend to Salvadoran communities struggling in the aftermath of devastating Hurricane Ida, the Pan American Development Foundation announced.
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The Huffington Post - Fri Nov 13, 11:47 pm ET
What's Your Reaction? The southeastern United States was spared the catastrophic damage many expect from fall hurricanes, but Hurricane Ida did its share of damage, flooding areas of North Carolina and Virginia and devastating El Salvador, where the death toll is now up to 184.
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Macon Telegraph - Fri Nov 13, 10:57 pm ET
Central High School students are hosting a “Walk for Walls” event today to raise money to build homes in El Salvador.
