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  El Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 1872 to 1898 El Salvador was a prime mover in attempts to reestablish an isthmian federation.
El Salvador is the smallest Central American country (roughly the size of the U.S. state of Massachusetts) and the only one without a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
El Salvador is located between the North Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, with Guatemala in the north-northwest and Honduras to the north-northeast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/El_Salvador   (1989 words)

  
 Foreign relations of El Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Central American Common Market (CACM), the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), and the Central American Integration System (SICA).
El Salvador also is a member of the World Trade Organization and is pursuing regional free trade agreements.
El Salvador has joined its six Central American neighbors in signing the Alliance for Sustainable Development, known as the Conjunta Centroamerica-USA or CONCAUSA to promote sustainable economic development in the region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_El_Salvador   (349 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: El Salvador
Sonsonate, the capital of the department of Sonsonate, El Salvador; on the river Sensunapan and the railway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Acajutla, 13 miles south.
El Salvador is divided into fourteen departments: Francisco Morazán Quesada Francisco Morazán Quesada (October 16, 1792 - September 15, 1842) was President of Central America, who enacted idealistic liberal reforms, then unsuccessfully fought to maintain the unity of that nation as it fell apart into separate states in civil war.
El Salvador This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/El-Salvador   (6765 words)

  
 El Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
El Salvador gained its independence from Spain on September 15, 1821 and the Central American Federation in 1839.
The early post-colonial rulers, such as Francisco Morazán and, were of French descent and hence sympathetic to the Napoleonic code, which was successfully adapted to El Salvador.
El Salvador's economy suffers from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, and low world coffee prices.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/El_Salvador   (1139 words)

  
 El Salvador - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
El Salvador (Spanish for "The Savior") is a republic in Central America with a population of approximately 6.2 million people.
El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1842.
El Salvador's poor economy suffers from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, and low world coffee prices.
open-encyclopedia.com /El_Salvador   (229 words)

  
 El Salvador (09/05)
El Salvador's early history as an independent state--as with others in Central America--was marked by frequent revolutions; not until the period 1900-30 was relative stability achieved.
El Salvador maintains an embassy in the United States at 2308 California Street NW, Washington, DC, 20008 (tel: 202-265-9671).
El Salvador suffered from two earthquakes at the beginning of 2001 and from Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2033.htm   (3714 words)

  
 El Salvador - Relations with the United States
El Salvador's dependence on United States support sometimes led to policy moves or public pronouncements that were perceived as responses to pressure from Washington.
El Salvador also was quick to condemn Panamanian strongman General Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno for his February 1988 ouster of President Eric Arturo Delvalle; most Latin American countries were somewhat circumspect with regard to the Panamanian situation, not wishing to be seen as favoring United States intervention in that country.
Relations between the United States and El Salvador appeared to be entering a period of transition after the March 1988 elections.
countrystudies.us /el-salvador/84.htm   (1081 words)

  
 The EU's relations with El Salvador - Overview
El Salvador is a lower-middle income developing country with a population of 6.5 million and a GDP per capita of about $2147 (in 2001).
During the internal armed conflict, co-operation with El Salvador was directly determined by circumstances in the country with emergency interventions (food or emergency aid, assistance for displaced persons or refugees from the conflict).
El Salvador also received Community aid at regional level and under the measures and programmes open to all Latin American countries (for example: decentralised co-operation programmes such as Al-Invest for economic co-operation, ALFA for co-operation in the field of higher education, @LIS for co-operation in information society matters, etc.).
europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/el_salvador/intro/index.htm   (1776 words)

  
 Foreign relations of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras fought the brief "Football War" over disputed border areas and friction resulting from the 300,000 Salvadorans who had emigrated to Honduras in search of land and employment.
In January 1998, Honduras and El Salvador signed a border demarcation treaty that will implement the terms of the ICJ decree.
Honduras joining the coalition was largely an attempt to improve foreign relations with the United States over the issue of the illegal immigration of many thousands of Hondurans to the US.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Honduras   (680 words)

  
 Bowling for Columbine : Library : What a Wonderful World
El Salvador, the most densely populated country in Central America, was a logical setting for unrest.
The United States continued to fund El Salvador's military even after these murders, and the murders of four American church women, and despite this state department report urging against military funding and this report on government violence against citizens.
A UN truth commission report found that two-thirds of the El Salvadorans convicted of atrocities were trained at the United States' School of the Americas (due to bad press, it‚s now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation), based at Fort Benning, in Georgia.
www.bowlingforcolumbine.com /library/wonderful/elsalvador.php   (939 words)

  
 Background Note: El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As elsewhere in Central America, frequent revolutions have marked El Salvador's history as an independent state, although relative stability was achieved during the period from 1900 to 1930.
The Government of El Salvador is a democratic republic governed by the president and Legislative Assembly.
El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies and the Organization of American States (OAS).
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/bgnotes/wha/elsalvador9302.html   (4749 words)

  
 El Salvador Categories, Page 2.2
El Salvador's airport is modern and the country's infrastructure is being refurbished through international financing.
Foreign investors, in El Salvador are not required by law to operate through a joint venture.
El Salvador is not a tax haven like Panama, or other countries, nor does the government plan for the country to become a tax haven.
www.dirla.com /elsalvador2_2.htm   (1980 words)

  
 FRONTLINE/WORLD . Election 2004 - El Salvador | PBS
Passing through customs at El Salvador's international airport and emerging into the humid afternoon air, the first thing in my line of vision is a crowd of about 1,000 who have come by the truckload, children in tow, men wearing cowboy hats, to greet relatives returning home.
El Salvador is the only other country in the Americas still contributing troops to the coalition in Iraq.
El Salvador's president, Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca, sent 381 soldiers to Iraq in response to an appeal from the Bush administration, despite the unpopularity of the Iraq war with most Salvadorans.
www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/elections/elsalvador   (4201 words)

  
 Foreign relations of Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2000 it joined Honduras and El Salvador in signing a free trade agreement with Mexico, which went into effect in 2001.
Guatemala participates in several regional groups, particularly those related to the environment and trade.
Guatemala maintains official relations with the Republic of China (known as "Taiwan") instead of the People's Republic of China.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Guatemala   (427 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: Americas : El Salvador
Workers' human rights in El Salvador are systematically violated by employers while the government disregards or even facilitates the abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The report calls on El Salvador to strengthen its labor laws by requiring reinstatement for workers illegally fired or suspended for legitimate trade union activity, banning anti-union hiring discrimination, and streamlining union registration requirements according to ILO recommendations.
As El Salvador winds up the campaign for presidential, legislative, and municipal elections scheduled for March 20, 1994, no issue represents a greater threat to the peace process than the rise in political murders of leaders and grassroots activists belonging to the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).
www.hrw.org /americas/elsalvador.php   (1760 words)

  
 El Salvador Judicial Assistance
Judicial assistance is governed generally by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Article 5 (f) and (j), 21 UST 77, 596 UNTS 261) to which the United States and El Salvador are parties.
Although El Salvador is a party to the Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on letters rogatory, it is not a party to the Convention itself.
The United States and El Salvador are parties to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, 527 UNTS 189, 20 ILM 1405-1419 (1981).
travel.state.gov /law/elsalvador_legal.html   (1796 words)

  
 Post El Salvador Elections, March 04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
WOLA staff visited El Salvador during the days prior to the elections, meeting with U.S. Embassy staff, representatives of Salvadoran political parties, and representatives from a wide-range of civil society and non-governmental organizations.
Noriega, in an early February visit to El Salvador, emphasized to the press the policy differences between the FMLN and the U.S. government over CAFTA and other issues, and urged voters to consider what type of relations the next Salvadoran government would have with the United States.
While the U.S. has legitimate interests in El Salvador, official U.S. comments in the context of an electoral campaign must be carefully chosen and should not be used to influence electoral processes or sway the votes of the electorate.
www.wola.org /central_america/salvador/post_elections_memo_march04.htm   (1148 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: Publications: Americas : El Salvador
El Salvador's Truth Commission represents the first time since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials following World War II that foreign, rather than national figures, investigated past episodes of violence in a sovereign country.
The massacre at El Mozote, probably the largest mass killing reported during the war, was a formative experience for most of the thousands of peasants and many of the guerrillas in northern Morazán.
Despite their particular visibility and significance both internationally and within El Salvador, each case is a story of the denial of justice.
www.hrw.org /hrw/pubweb/Webcat-35.htm   (2062 words)

  
 Enemies of War - El Salvador: Civil War
The civil war raged on in El Salvador, fueled by U.S. aid to the Salvadoran military.
With continuing reports of atrocities and murders in El Salvador, the U.S. Congress no longer accepted the State Department's assurance that things were getting better.
During his research and visits to El Salvador, Congressman Moakley encountered a massive cover-up, deep problems with the Salvadoran armed forces, conspiracy and lies, which led him to challenge U.S. policy.
www.pbs.org /itvs/enemiesofwar/elsalvador2.html   (653 words)

  
 El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980-1994
The collection brings together a wealth of primary source materials, tracing the human rights catastrophe that gripped El Salvador throughout its terrible civil conflict, and providing a comprehensive record of the decisions behind U.S. policy in the country and the region during the final decade of the Cold War.
Included are documents charting Washington's policy toward revolutionary upheaval in Central America, U.S. efforts to influence El Salvador's political arena, the debate within Congress over supporting the Salvadoran government during the war, and the role and impact of non-governmental organizations in influencing policy.
Although documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act are included in the El Salvador collection, the majority of material was declassified by executive order in 1993 and 1994.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/elsalvador2   (1710 words)

  
 El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This set of documents focuses on United States policy toward El Salvador and events in El Salvador from the Carter Administration's formulation of a new Central American policy in January 1977 through the Salvadoran Presidential elections of May 1984 that brought José Napoleón Duarte to power.
It is focused on those events in El Salvador which American policy makers deemed significant, often a different set of events than those considered most significant in Salvadoran eyes.
The El Salvador Project, like the National Security Archive itself, was begun under the auspices of the Central American Papers Project of the Fund for Free Expression.
nsarchive.chadwyck.com /elintro.htm   (1564 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - Home
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Germany's recent elections have resulted in a changing of the political guard in Berlin, with one of the casualties being the charismatic foreign minister Joschka Fischer.
Hurricane Katrina's ravages in the Gulf Coast earlier this month have left many foreign policy experts questioning the Department of Homeland Security's capacity to prevent or limit the damages of a large-scale terrorist attack on the United States.
www.foreignaffairs.org   (569 words)

  
 El Salvador : SV
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El Salvador : SV El Salvador is a tropical nation located in Latin America with a population of approximately 6.2 million people.
El Salvador's is a poor Central American economy which has been suffering from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch[?], and weak world coffee prices.
www.fastload.org /sv/SV.html   (229 words)

  
 El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
El Salvador: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Archive of Latin Americana
Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of El Salvador, 1919-1929
Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations Between the United States and El Salvador, 1910-1929
elibrary.unm.edu /subjects/LAWebGuide/EngMforms/Countries/ElSalvador.htm   (413 words)

  
 2000. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of El Salvador
El Salvador expresses its sincere wishes for the second term of President George W. Bush
El Salvador holds the Presidency of the Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund
El Salvador to present former President Francisco Flores as candidate to OAS
www.rree.gob.sv /sitio/site.nsf/pages/englishversion   (483 words)

  
 El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984
The collection, drawn from the files of more than a dozen top-level government agencies, provides a comprehensive picture of America's political, economic and military involvement in El Salvador during the Carter and Reagan administrations.
El Salvador -- Foreign Relations -- United States -- Sources.
El Salvador -- Politics and Government -- 1944-1979 -- Sources.
www.library.utoronto.ca /robarts/microtext/collection/pages/elsalvad.html   (304 words)

  
 USTDA Grant Facilitates CAFTA Trade With El Salvador - US Department of State
Arlington, Virginia (May 28, 2004) -- Streamlining El Salvador's import processing procedures is the goal of a $387,492 grant awarded today by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to the Ministry of Economy (MINEC) of El Salvador.
The Minister of Environment of El Salvador, Walter Jokisch, was present at the grant signing.
With a new system in place, the government of El Salvador will have access to timely and accurate trade data, which will enable it to negotiate more effectively with its trading partners and the multinational development banks.
usinfo.state.gov /wh/Archive/2004/Sep/14-888210.html   (697 words)

  
 Guatemala Categoris, page 2.3
Foreign Relations, Guatemala - U.S. Relations, Traffic Saftey and Road Conditions, Embassy Location, Political Conditions, and Civil Aviation Oversight...
It hosted the June 1990 Central American Economic Summit, which was attended by the Presidents of El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and--for the first time--Panama.
It also has created an internal advisory council whose mandate is to suggest a policy leading to an end to the dispute with Belize.
www.dirla.com /guatemala2_3.htm   (1534 words)

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