Stories about El Salvador from February, 2006
What Salvadoran bloggers are saying – politics and nostalgia
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. The campaigning has produced a...
Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Brazil: Poll Numbers
Boz has released his now infamous Friday poll numbers from around Latin America. Tim Muth breaks down the numbers in El Salvador which show the two main parties, FMLN and...
El Salvador: Anti-poverty Program Increases School Enrollment
Tim Muth notes that a government-run anti-poverty program has, so far, been successful in increasing school enrollment.
El Salvador: Interview with Leslie Schuld
Tim Muth recommends to his readers that they listen to an interview with Leslie Schuld, executive director of the Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad.
El Salvador: Rufina Amaya
Meg photographs her tour of El Mozote, where a tragic massacre took place in 1981 and remembers Rufina Amaya, a villager who escaped the massacre while soldiers killed her husband,...
What Salvadoran Bloggers are Saying
This is the first in a new series of biweekly articles looking at what bloggers are saying from El Salvador and about El Salvador. Every two weeks I'll take a...
El Salvador: Election analysis
With just a month left until El Salvador's elections, Tim looks at the polls to find, among other things, that current president Tony Saca has a 76% rate of approval...
Latin America: New Polls
Boz has two posts summing up the latest polls throughout Latin America while Eduardo Avila looks at a new poll in Bolivia which finds overwhelming support for President Evo Morales’...
A Zestful Welcome to the Wonders of the World
The best food of a country is the traditional food which has been tried and tested over the centuries. It suits the climate, and uses the best products of that...
