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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.
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 El Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
El Salvador gained its independence from Spain on September 15, 1821 and the Central American Federation in 1839.
El Salvador has an economy based on that of coffee and other cultivated goods.
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)

  
 Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange: An Introduction to the Culture of El ...
El Salvador achieved its independence from Spain in 1821 along with the rest of Central America, which remained a single nation for a short period of time.
In El Salvador most of the households are headed by women according to CRLP (2000), that studied abortion among women.
Most of the population of El Salvador is traditionally Catholic but it is best to remember that "Catholicism has multiple faces, but it is primarily based in simple and profound faith that has it roots in the world of the indigenous" (Roggenbuck, 1994, page 4).
cirrie.buffalo.edu /elsalvador.html   (8122 words)

  
 Revolutionary management in El Salvador, by Karim Bourtel
El Salvador will be the communists’ grave": sentiments such as these can still be heard at meetings of Arena, the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which has governed the country without interruption since 1989, having gradually shifted from the extreme right to a more presentable "liberal" right.
In October 2001 El Salvador’s vice-ministry of transportation (VMT) announced plans to reorganise the capital’s transportation system, completely disregarding the recommendations of San Salvador’s city council, which was in the midst of creating new bus routes to go along with its downtown restoration programme.
El Salvador is one of the most violent countries in the Americas, with homicide rates fluctuating between 6,000-8,000 murders per year (100 per 100,000 people) (5).
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 El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
El Salvador is a tropical nation located in Latin 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 1839.
El Salvador's poor Central American economy suffers from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, and weak world coffee prices.
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 El Salvador
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.
www.askfactmaster.com /El_Salvador   (227 words)

  
 Latin Trade: El Salvador: leading the revitalization of Central America - Special Advertising Feature: Latin trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
El Salvador's pro-business government has adopted a regulatory framework that allows foreign investors and the private sector to lead the economic development of the nation.
El Salvador has the most modern international airport in Central America, operating more than 20 flights daily to major U.S. cities, and its ports allow industrial goods to be transported to the United States in five days or less.
El Salvador is in the process of negotiating a similar accord with Canada and with the United States.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BEK/is_7_11/ai_108721138   (617 words)

  
 Free-TermPapers.com - El Salvador
El Salvador is located in Middle America, it borders the North Pacific Ocean, and its between Guatemala and Honduras.
El Salvador is known as the land of Volcanoes; there are many earthquakes and volcanic activity.
El Salvador’s legal system is based on civil and Roman law, with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court.
www.free-termpapers.com /tp/21/gci28.shtml   (1449 words)

  
 El Salvador Transportation - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
El Salvador's transportation sector, which included railroads, major highways, and air transport, connected the country's major regions.
Over one-half of the tracks (380 kilometers) were owned by Salvador Railroads, which was built with British capital in the late 1890s to transport coffee from Sonsonate and Santa Ana to the port of Acajutla.
By 1985 Salvador Railways, which was nationalized in the mid-1960s, was forced to curtail operations because of guerrilla attacks.
www.photius.com /countries/el_salvador/economy/el_salvador_economy_transportation.html   (478 words)

  
 El Salvador Presents Legislation to Improve Urban Accessibility in the Municipalities
The International Cooperation of Germany (Agencia de Cooperación Alemana, GTZ), estimates that before the year 2001, the year on which the Law of Equal Opportunities of El Salvador entered into force, there were about 800,000 persons with disabilities, that is, 10% of the population of the country.
In the same manner, the representatives of the sector of transportation were requested to provide access ramps for users with physical disabilities.
Other measures included in the proposed legislation are access ramps in buildings, visible identification signs at doors, which must be wide enough for access of persons using wheelchairs or walkers, and a 3% of parking spaces reserve for cars used by persons with disabilities or senior citizens.
www.disabilityworld.org /06-08_03/gov/elsalvador.shtml   (350 words)

  
 Through a woman's eyes: Life in El Salvador
El Salvador is Central America's smallest country, but its 20,752 sq km is home to some 6.3 million people, the majority of whom are Roman Catholics, though Protestant and Evangelical groups also flourish.
From 1980 to 1992, El Salvador endured a brutal 12-year civil war in which more than 75,000 people are estimated to have died.
This is significant when one considers that the population of El Salvador is made up of 90% Mestizo (mixed), 1% indigenous Indian and 9% White (of European descent from Spain).
www.landofsixpeoples.com /news401/ns4022214.htm   (1358 words)

  
 El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
“El Salvador: Work of Thirty Photographers” was first shown at the center in 1984, at the height of the bloody struggle in El Salvador that pitted a...
San Salvador, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Two quakes measuring 5.1 and 4.9 degrees in the Richter scale unleashed panic in El Salvador even when it caused no...
El Salvador is a republic in Central America with a population of approximately 6.2 million people.
www.wikiverse.org /el-salvador   (372 words)

  
 El Salvador Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
You heard it first here: high in the mountains, Alegría is an unsung gem and one of El Salvador's...
El Salvador's name still evokes images of the brutal civil war fought throughout the 1980s in its tangle of mountains and farmlands.
The war, however, is over and the most turbulent aspect of El Salvador today is its volcanic landscape.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/central-america/el-salvador   (227 words)

  
 Transportation In El Salvador - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
EL SALVADOR: Plans for proposed $105,000,000 roadway upgrade projects, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS [El Salvador] - Order #: 061101.(Brief Article) : An article...
Development of Railroads in Guatemala and El Salvador, 1849-1929 (Latin American Studies)
El Salvador Earthquakes of January 13 and February 13, 2001: Lifeline Performance (Monograph (American Society of Civil Engineers.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /transportation_in_el_salvador.htm   (62 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Transportation in El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 El Salvador
El Salvador, with the other countries of Central America, declared its independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821, and was part of a federation of Central American states until that union dissolved in 1838.
El Salvador: Bibliography - Bibliography See T. Anderson, Matanza: El Salvador's Communist Revolt of 1932 (1971); D. El Salvador: Economy - Economy El Salvador's economy is primarily agricultural, with farming employing about 40% of the...
El Salvador: Government - Government El Salvador is governed under the 1991 constitution.
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 El Salvador map and information page
El Salvador is the smallest of the Central American countries, and the most densely populated.
Once an important part of the Mayan culture, El Salvador lands were invaded by the Spanish in the early 1500s.
El Salvador is a beautiful country, rich in Spanish traditions.
www.graphicmaps.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/sv.htm   (347 words)

  
 Salvador airport, railroad, airline & transportation information - Brazil
The capital of the state of Bahia, Salvador, is built on the bay of Todos os Santos and its wide beaches and lush tropical hillsides.
The ferry terminals: the Terminal Turístico is located behind Mercado Modelo and serves launches and boat excursions, and the Terminal da Estação Marítima to the north of the city is for car ferries.
Salvador’s airport is located 20km northeast of town and is served by shuttle express bus services, and taxis.
www.grijns.net /salvador_br.html   (169 words)

  
 10 Years of Peace in El Salvador?
Even if it is assumed that the exercise of the rights and freedoms is universal at El Salvador, the same cannot be said about the social welfare, nor about the participation in the decisions related with the public affairs.
Another important international issue for El Salvador is the social, economic, and political crisis that Argentina lives, one of the most economically powerful countries in Latin America.
Because of the critics about the dollarization that took effect a year ago in El Salvador (which imply that it can contribute to reduce the country’s capability to face the international economic context), the official discourse rushes to deny any connections with the Argentinean experience.
www.fssca.net /projects/peace/10yearspeace.html   (2990 words)

  
 Traveling to El Salvador
El Salvador is hot and humid any time of the year.
Even if you rent a car in El Salvador some walking will be required, and it won't always be down paved sidewalks, so bring some good, sturdy and comfortable shoes.
There is also a website, skyauction.com, that generally has a couple of tickets to San Salvador up for auction, but we cannot vouch for their service, reliability, etc...
www.elsalvadorwest.org /pickingup.html   (2484 words)

  
 Kraft Foods, PADF, AMCHAM and APL Working to Provide Relief for El Salvador Quake Victims
"Our sympathies are with our neighbors in El Salvador during this tragic situation, and we are pleased to work with APL, PADF, AMCHAM and the other agencies to deliver food supplies to those in need," said Betsy Holden, president and chief executive officer, Kraft Foods North America, based in Northfield, Illinois.
El Salvador suffered a massive earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale in mid-January, and powerful aftershocks in mid- and late-February.
Others supporting the project include Econocaribe Consolidators Inc., freight consolidators for the Caribbean, Central and South America, which received and containerized the Kraft shipments in Miami, and the San Salvador office of the Organization of American States (OAS), which is receiving the arriving shipments in El Salvador.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-16-2001/0001449209&EDATE=   (372 words)

  
 The Florida Catholic - The Handmaids of the Sacred Heart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Young Miamians who made missionary trip to El Salvador say the experience made them see their lives in a new light.
What did strike her, she said, was the difference in attitude between the children in El Salvador and the children here.
Nancy Sullivan was so impressed when she heard about the work the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart are doing in El Salvador that she decided to help.
www.thefloridacatholic.org /articles/040805/040805-miami-handmaids.htm   (1397 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 Sal Biz Tours - El Salvador Business Tours - Transportation
Those travelling to El Salvador for extended tours or local travel are advised to rent the appropriate type of vehicle (compact or standard size vehicle for city and beach trips), 4WD (4X4) for off road and mountain excursions (Eco-Tours) or Microbus (Van) with driver for small group excursions.
However, we are able to connect you with transportation and tour providers throughout C.A. that specialize in tour groups.
Land transportation between El Salvador and Guatemala and the rest of C.A. has dramatically improved during the last decade and there are several companies offering comfortable to luxurious pullman bus services between Guatemala and El Salvador with connections to Honduras (Tegucigalpa), Nicaragua (Managua), Costa Rica (San Jose) and Panama City.
elsalbiztours.homestead.com /files/transportation.html   (411 words)

  
 Transportation Of El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
If you would like to use this flag of El Salvador or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of El Salvador or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for El Salvador or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/el_salvador_country_transportation.shtml   (218 words)

  
 El Salvador - American Park Free Zone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
American Industrial Park - Free Zone, is located in El Salvador, (Central America) on the Pan-American Highway, the major north/south route through the Americas and Canada.
Located in the heart of Central America, El Salvador is only two hours and 20 minutes from Miami.
El Salvador is a country with a promising future.
www.elsalvadortrade.com.sv /incentivos/i_html/americanpark.html   (789 words)

  
 Anywhere Transportation Service: Limousine and Bus Charter Services, Convention Transportation, Airport Transfers and ...
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Years of experience in the transportation industry allow us to assist you in determining not only the right quantity, but also the correct type and size of vehicles that are actually needed for your event.
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 el salvador culture customs and other el salvador related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
El Salvador's Culture Customs Of El Salvador El Salvador Business Please look for Salvador Country, Central Americas, China View and Central American to find more El Salvador Business information.
El Salvador L earn about doing business, business customs, business etiquette, communication style.
San Salvador is a modern city, influenced by the culture of the United States and Western Europe, while rural areas and provincial towns practice more traditional Hispanic customs...
www.nethorde.com /el_salvador/el-salvador-culture-customs.html   (289 words)

  
 2000. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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
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