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  El Salvador (10/06)
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 is a democratic republic governed by a president and an 84-member unicameral Legislative Assembly.
El Salvador’s budget deficit, 3.2% percent of GDP in 2005, is usually financed through loans from the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, or Bank for Central American Integration as well as through the sale of government bonds in international financial markets.
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 El Salvador, Landmine Monitor Report 2004
El Salvador signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December 1997, ratified on 27 January 1999, and the treaty entered into force for the country on 1 July 1999.
El Salvador is not known to have exported antipersonnel mines, but in the past it imported antipersonnel mines, including M-14 mines, M-26 mines, and M18A1 Claymore mines, all manufactured by the United States.
El Salvador completed destruction of its stockpile of 6,539 antipersonnel mines on 20 February 2003, six months ahead of its treaty-mandated deadline of 1 July 2003.
www.icbl.org /lm/2004/el_salvador   (5340 words)

  
 El Salvador 9844
Miguel Angel Rivan Hernández, a 20-year old student at a high school in Ilopango in the Department of San Salvador, was kidnapped on November 29, 1986, at 7:30 p.m., near San Salvador.
The family has unsuccessfully exhausted all of the remedies of El Salvador’s domestic law in an effort to have his arrest acknowledged, to have the reasons for his arrest explained, and to have him either brought before a judge or released.
To call upon the Government of El Salvador to reflect upon the seriousness of the facts of the instant case and on the irregularity arising out of its failure to reply to the IACHR and cooperate with it.
www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/87.88eng/ElSalvador9844.htm   (1433 words)

  
 Background Notes - El Salvador
El Salvador's external debt decreased sharply in 1993, chiefly as a result of an agreement under which the United States forgave about $461 million of official debt.
and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Defense.
El Salvador and Nicaragua dispute some Honduran claims in the Gulf of Fonseca, and El Salvador may appeal this aspect of the 1992 ICJ ruling.
www.satglobal.com /El_Salvador.htm   (6056 words)

  
 El Salvador travel guide - Wikitravel
El Salvador [1] is a country in Central America and, geographically, is part of continental North America.
El Salvador covers an area of about 21,040 square kilometers (the smallest country in central america), although it is the most densely populated.
According to the U.S. Embassy, as of December 6, 2006, the criminal threat in El Salvador is critical.
wikitravel.org /en/El_Salvador   (3263 words)

  
 EL SALVADOR, Landmine Monitor Report 1999
El Salvador also voted in favor of all three pro-ban U.N. General Assembly resolutions in 1996, 1997 and 1998, as well as the pro-ban resolutions of the Organization of American States (OAS).
El Salvador is not a party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), nor is it a member of the Conference on Disarmament.
From March 1993 though January 1994, El Salvador’s Division of Arms and Explosives of the Civil National Police destroyed the remaining antipersonnel landmines that were in the stocks of the Salvadoran armed forces.
www.icbl.org /lm/1999/el_salvador.html   (1703 words)

  
 El Salvador
El Salvador's early history as an independent state-as with others in Central America-was marked by frequent revolutions; not until the period 1900-1930 was relative stability achieved.
At least 525,000 people-more than 12% of El Salvador's population at the time and perhaps 25% of the rural poor-benefited from agrarian reform, and more than 22% of El Salvador's total farmland was transferred to those who previously worked the land but did not own it.
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).
www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/latam/MxCen/elsalv.html   (5750 words)

  
 Equipo Nizkor - Report of the UN Truth Commission on El Salvador
As this Commission submits its report, El Salvador is embarked on a positive and irreversible process of consolidation of internal peace and modification of conduct for the maintenance of a genuine, lasting climate of national coexistence.
El Salvador ratified the Covenant on 30 November 1979 and the American Convention on 23 June 1978.
Although the armed conflict in El Salvador was not an international conflict as defined by the Conventions, it did meet the requirements for the application of article 3 common to the four Conventions.
www.derechos.org /nizkor/salvador/informes/truth.html   (18266 words)

  
 Global Voices Online » El Salvador
Jjmar points to family disintegration in El Salvador and the high level of households headed by a single mother as major problems leading to gangs and poverty, and yet the amount of attention given to the constitutional amendment would almost seem to suggest that gay unions are the source of the country’s problems.
El Salvador is in the midst of a very spirited campaign season leading to the election of mayors and National Assembly deputies on March 12.
El Salvador is in a political season leading up to elections on March 12, with the major parties in a virtual tie in the race for seats in the National Assembly and mayoral seats.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/americas/el-salvador   (7199 words)

  
 El Salvador/CNY Companion Diocese
The bishop of San Salvador, in his homily, explained that one of tasks of the pope is to maintain the tradition of the church.
SAN BARTOLO, El Salvador A delegation of New York state legislators say the United States and El Salvador have to join together to fight the vicious "Mara" street gangs now operating in both nations.
El Maizal is an agricultural project created in 1974 with the purpose of providing a service to local peasants with a agricultural school and experiments field.
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 San Miguel Department (El Salvador) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SV-SM San Miguel is a department of El Salvador in the eastern part of the country.
San Miguel was first known as San Miguel of the Border, the city being founded by Luis de Mocoso on May 8, 1530 where is now Santa Elena.This territory was part of the Lenca Principality at the time of the conquest.
It was made a department on June 12, 1824.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Miguel_Department   (157 words)

  
 SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: El Salvador elections and events 1970-1972   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
El Salvador, año político 1971-72 1973: Gives number of voters registered for the election (1,119,699) and explains that this number is 300,000 less than the number registered in 1970 because all eligible citizens had to re-register to vote in the 1972 election (page 53).
El Salvador 1982 1982: "Resorting to fraud, the army altered the election results and installed the PCN candidate" (page 30).
El Salvador 1982 1982: "(T)he PCN-controlled Consejo Central de Elecciones (CCE) disqualified the UNO assembly slate for San Salvador, the largest department and the one in which UNO had greatest support, and at least three other departments" (page 30).
dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/elsal/1970-1972.html   (2170 words)

  
 WFP - Central America Drought - El Salvador
In a part of El Salvador where most farmers are smallholders, living off two-four hectares of rented land, a total of four days rain since the end of the first planting season has had a devastating impact on food security.
WFP is drawing on its ongoing development projects in El Salvador to distribute urgently-needed food aid, but these stocks are only sufficient to cover the food needs of 100,000 people and are expected to run out within four weeks.
In El Salvador, many of the same farmers whose crops have been destroyed by drought over the past three months were also victims of Hurricane Mitch, which decimated food reserves in 1998.
www.wfp.org /newsroom/in_depth/central_america_el_salvador.html   (1193 words)

  
 Antonio Express News San Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
San Antonio, San Miguel - San Antonio is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador.
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www.wiltsworld.com /antonioexpressnewssansports.html   (965 words)

  
 USAID: El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
USAID's support for health and population activities in El Salvador spans several decades and is associated with a steady improvement in health and population indicators.
USAID is also working closely with the Government of El Salvador (GOES), the Legislative Assembly, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and municipal and community organizations to build support for the development and passage of a new water law which meets the needs of the water sector.
In El Salvador, this extreme precipitation fell on highly deforested land, already saturated by abnormally high rainfall in the month of October, triggering widespread flooding and landslides.
www.usaid.gov /pubs/bj2001/lac/sv/elsalvador_ads.html   (6311 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - El Salvador to set up bio-diesel plant to cope with high oil costs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
El Salvador to set up bio-diesel plant to cope with high oil costs
12-05-05 El Salvador will set up a bio-diesel plant in San Miguel Department, the east of the country, as an alternative to cope with the high costs of petroleum and its by-products, reports from San Salvador said.
Tests have been made in El Salvador to obtain fuel from the seeds of what is known as higuerillo.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntl52183.htm   (135 words)

  
 San Antonio Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
San Antonio River Walk - The San Antonio River Walk (also known as Paseo del Rio) is a network of walkways around the San Antonio River, linking several major attractions one story beneath downtown San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Orthopaedic Group - San Antonio Orthopaedic Group       San Antonio, San Miguel - San Antonio is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador.
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 americas.org - Second Quake Kills Hundreds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The new disaster came exactly one month after El Salvador was struck by a 7.6 Richter earthquake that left 844 people dead and more than 4,000 injured.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the epicenter was about 15 miles southeast of San Salvador, while the Geotechnical Investigations Center (CIG) of the Salvadoran government’s Public Works Ministry located it about 10 miles from the capital, in San Pedro Nonualco.
The worst damage from the second earthquake was in San Martín, San Salvador department; in San Miguel and San Juan Tepezontes, La Paz department; Guadalupe, San Vicente department: and Candelaria, Cuscatlán department.
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 Usted Luis Miguel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Miguel Bosé - Miguel Luchino González Bosé (April 3 1956, Aries, Panama), is a Spanish actor and musician.
San Luis de la Reina - San Luis de la Reina is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador.
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 El Salvador 9811
The scene of the deed, in the Guadalupe quarter of San Pedro Nonualco, was inspected on August 7, 1986, at 9:30 in the morning.
On August 12, 1986, the Justice of the Peace of San Pedro Nonualco referred the case to the 2nd Criminal Court of Zacatecoluca, La Paz Department, which Court took formal cognizance of it on August 21 of the same year.
On August 18, 1988, the Government of El Salvador replied to the IACHR with a repetition of the text of the report sent on January 28, 1987, which was the information supplied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Governmental Commission on Human Rights.
www.cidh.org /annualrep/89.90eng/ElSalvador9811.htm   (1236 words)

  
 Surfing El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Las Flores Surf Club is located 2.5 hours east of the El Salvador international airport, in the Department of San Miguel, in a coastal area also known as the "Wild East".
Las Flores Surf Club is a "surfing resort", designed with facilities, amenities, comfort and décor ideal for the seasoned surf traveler who wants it all "dialed in", or for couples seeking a romantic surf escape to this remote hidden quadrant of El Salvador where time has stopped.
San Salvador is serviced by daily flights from the following US Gateway cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Washington DC, New York, and Boston.
www.wavehunters.com /elsalvador/WE_surfclub.asp   (983 words)

  
 Reports, International Education Week 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The embassy sponsored the first ever "U.S. Education Fair" at the University of the East (UNIVO) in San Miguel to provide students with information on international exchange programs and the U.S. educational system.
Since UNIVO is located three hours from San Salvador, most students find it difficult to seek advice for study abroad.
UNIVO's rector opened the four-hour event, which was attended by 200 students, by reminding the participants of the importance of international education and encouraging the students to seek out opportunities for study abroad.
exchanges.state.gov /iew2001/reports/embassy-sansalvador.htm   (124 words)

  
 Press Releases - Embassy of the United States in El Salvador
Mark Silverman, Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development in El Salvador, Miguel Angel Simán, Presidential Commissioner for Public Investment and President of FISDL, and Roque Cordova, Mayor of San Sebastian participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new municipal market in San Sebastian.
The total cost of the project is $1.9 million, of which $1.3 million was donated by USAID and the rest by the city of San Sebastian and the Government of El Salvador.
Of this amount, $3.5 million was devoted to rebuilding three markets in San Vicente Department (San Vicente, Tecoluca, and San Sebastian) and two markets in Usulután Department (Puerto El Triunfo and Santiago de Maria).
sansalvador.usembassy.gov /news/2004/04/040104.html   (212 words)

  
 USAID Telling Our Story: El Salvador - Raising Fish to Feed a Village
Villagers of San Miguel Tepezontes, on the shores of Lake Ilopango in El Salvador, will have a ready market for the tilapia they produce thanks to a USAID Farmer to Farmer volunteer.
Thomas Hyme from Louisiana traveled to El Salvador on a USAID Farmer to Farmer assignment to provide fish farmers with assistance.
Many patrons come from nearby San Salvador to enjoy the mild temperatures of San Miguel Tepezontes and visit the restaurant known for excellent food and hospitality.
www.usaid.gov /stories/elsalvador/fp_elsalvador_fish.html   (317 words)

  
 San Miguel Department (El Salvador)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I checked the with the governor office of the department and I found out that the department of San Miguel flag, should be red on top, white in the middle and blue on bottom, with the emblem in the middle.
La franja azul simboliza la libertad legada por nuestros próceres y la franja blanca en el centro, el anhelo de paz que como fieles devotos de la co-patrona de El Salvador deseamos una paz firme y duradera."
As it said in the description, the upper stripe is RED.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/sv-sm.html   (196 words)

  
 Global Volcanism Program | San Miguel | Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The symmetrical cone of San Miguel volcano, one of the most active in El Salvador, rises from near sea level to form one of the country's most prominent landmarks.
The unvegetated summit of the 2130-m-high volcano rises above slopes draped with coffee plantations.
Global Volcanism Program — Department of Mineral Sciences — National Museum of Natural History — Smithsonian Institution
www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1403-10=   (210 words)

  
 EDIRC: El Salvador
Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, San Salvador (Federal Reserve Bank of El Salvador)
Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (FUSADES), La Libertad (Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development)
edirc.repec.org /elsalvador.html   (135 words)

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