El Salvadoran Gringo

PUPUSAS, POR FAVOR

Kadmiel — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:15:02 +0000

Food disappears at an alarming rate at Anita Hoyos’ house, a fact more amusing than disturbing to the mother of five children, ages 1 to 17. The native El Salvadoran loves to cook and is grateful for hearty eaters. Making Pupusas“I make a big pot of meat and vegetables” — seasoned El Salvadoran style. “By the [...]

El Salvador gets 1st Cuban ambassador since 1960s

Kadmiel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:59:25 +0000

The first Cuban ambassador to El Salvador since the early 1960s has presented his credentials, the government of leftist President Mauricio Funes said Sunday. Funes re-established diplomatic relations with the island after taking office in June, almost a half-century after ties were broken at the height of the Cold War. The Salvadoran Foreign Relations Ministry said Sunday [...]

El Salvador Named Top 10 Travel Destination for 2010 by Lonely Planet

Kadmiel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:57:33 +0000

Lonely Planet has named El Salvador as one of the top ten destinations of 2010. Noting that the Central American country often gets overlooked by travelers in favor of Costa Rica and Guatemala, the publication points out that most visitors to El Salvador will have the beaches to themselves. Only Punta Roca, El Salvador’s most [...]

18 Fun Facts About El Salvador

Kadmiel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:39:35 +0000

1. In 2002 El Salvador was the premiere location for the Central American and Caribbean sports games. Roughly 2 million tickets were sold to this world event. 2. El Salvador first introduced its flag in 1909. He meaning of the flag stands for blue which is unity and the whit area represents peace. 3. Famous for her [...]

Salvadorans Seek a Voice To Match Their Numbers

Kadmiel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:54:43 +0000

For nearly three decades Salvadoran immigrants have been among the nation’s most organized newcomers, founding clubs to raise money for schools back home, establishing medical clinics for new arrivals and battling in Congress and courts to gain legal status for tens of thousands of political dissidents who fled persecution by the U.S.-backed government during El [...]

Filmmaker slain in El Salvador was worried about growing violence

Kadmiel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:52:12 +0000

Christian Poveda was dismayed by the increasing viciousness of the gangs he had chronicled. ‘Government authorities have no idea of the monster facing them,’ he said a day before his death. The day before he was killed this week, Christian Poveda, veteran photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, said he was worried. The Salvadoran street gangs whose lives [...]

Independance Day El Salvador

Kadmiel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:51:24 +0000

El Salvador Independence Day Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC September 14, 2009 On behalf of the people United States, I would like to offer warm wishes and congratulations to the people of El Salvador as they celebrate the 188th anniversary of their independence on September 15. Across El Salvador, families will join in patriotic parades and festivities [...]

El Salvador’s Funes marks

Kadmiel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:48:07 +0000

Mauricio Funes on Tuesday reaches his 100th day as president of El Salvador with a more than 80 percent approval rating, in spite of attempts by the opposition to paint his administration as a “government of deception.” Funes, a former TV journalist who ran as a reformed leftist on the ticket of the Farabundo Martí [...]

The Gangs of El Salvador: A Growing Industry

Kadmiel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:45:06 +0000

The two most famous exports of El Salvador are rivals. Unfortunately, they are also ferocious gangs: Mara 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha. They have exported their gang culture — learned by expatriates returned from undocumented existence in the big cities of the United States — to other countries in Central and South America, re-exporting their [...]

El Salvador finds boat with Bangladeshi migrants

Kadmiel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:43:05 +0000

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt. Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast, and “without doubt the final destination was to arrive in [...]