CARICOM-SICA Summit Starts in El Salvador

San Salvador, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The 3rd Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Community of Caribbean States (CARICOM) began Friday, with the aim of discussing security issues, risk management, climate change and trade.

El Salvador: Supreme Court to Decide on Jesuit Killings Case

San Salvador, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Court will decide on whether or not to extradite nine retired military officers who face charges in Spain for the 1989 killing of six Jesuits priests in 1989, according to legal sources. On Monday, the Salvadoran government announced that the retired officers voluntarily turned themselves in to military police on Sunday as the National Civil Police were about to arrest them based on an Interpol Red Notice for their extradition to Spain.

El Salvador Hosts Regional Conference on Prevention of Risks

San Salvador, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The conference Integrated Efforts against Disaster, and Risk and Adaptation to Climate Change in Central America is underway in El Salvador to discuss joint action on these environmental issues.

El Salvador Reports 2 Percent Growth in Tourism

San Salvador, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Tourism grew by over two percent in the first half of this year in El Salvador compared to a similar period in 2010, according to official figures quoted in news reports.

Tourism Minister of Tourism Jose Napoleon Duarte Jr. explained that visitors this year outnumbered those who came in the first six months of 2010.

El Salvador: Three Dead in Clash between Inmates

San Salvador, July 1 (Prensa Latina) A clash on Friday between inmates of the prison in the western city of Santa Ana left three dead and at least seven injured, authorities said.

The news was confirmed by the Director of Prisons, Douglas Moreno, who announced that the prison at the center of the city, about 30 miles from the capital, was declared ind a state of emergency for 15 days.

El Salvador: Corn Seeds for National Production

San Salvador, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The Salvadoran government announced Thursday that the country will produce all the corn seeds for the national crops starting next year, since this is a basic grain in the national diet.

Guillermo Lopez, Salvadoran Minister of Agriculture and Cattle Breeding, stated that the nation will stop importing the seeds from foreign enterprises, as has been occurring up to now.

FMLN Starts Electoral Battle by Salvadoran Capital

San Salvador, June 12 (Prensa Latina) The governing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) has launched a political battle to recover the local government in the capital in municipal and legislative elections of March 11, 2012.

Working Children Decrease in El Salvador

San Salvador, June 11 (Prensa Latina) The Multipurpose Household Survey 2010 found a decrease of 6.3 percent in the number of children and adolescents working in El Salvador, according to reports released Saturday.

President of Salvadoran Parliament Visits Cuba

Havana, May 27 (Prensa Latina) President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Sigfredo Reyes, arrived Friday in Cuba for a three-day visit.

Reyes, who was invited by the National Assembly of the Peopleâ�Ös Power of Cuba, is leading a delegation comprising the vice president of the Salvadoran legislature, Guillermo Gallegos, and deputies Horacio Ortez, Jose Serafin Orantes, Miguel Elias Olivos.

Salvadoran Parliamentary Delegation to Visit Cuba

San Salvador, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Sigfrido Reyes, said a delegation from that body is traveling to Cuba on Friday for a four-day official visit.

Salvadoran President Calls for Unity at Independence Bicentennial

San Salvador, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes called for national unity and development with equity on Saturday, at the start of celebrations for the independence bicentennial.

Salvadoran Gov”t Plans to Create Thousands of Jobs

San Salvador, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) The Salvadoran government plans to spend some 770.5 million USD to create 143,000 jobs this year.

Vicepresidents to Look for Education Quality in El Salvador

San Salvador, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The Vice presidents of Central America and the Dominican Republic will discuss initiatives to increase the quality of education in the area, in a meeting in this capital on Thursday and Friday.

Mauricio Funes to Promote Regional Agenda in Meeting with Obama

San Salvador, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes announced he would promote a Central American common agenda in his meeting here in March with U.S. President Barack Obama.

FMLN Continues to Lead Voting Intention, Survey Confirms

San Salvador, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) is still ahead in voting intentions for partial elections next March, show the results of a survey released today.

FMLN Offers More Participation to the Population in Parliament

San Salvador, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) The next president of parliament in El Salvador, Sigfrido Reyes, of the Farabundo Marti Nacional Liberation Front (FMLN) stated that he will give give greater access to the population in this institution.

Ties Between Posada Carriles and Salvadoran ARENA Party Exposed

San Salvador, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The ties of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles with the Nationalist Republican Alliance Party (ARENA), which ruled El Salvador from 1989 to 2009, were exposed by the El Independiente weekly.

Confessions by Posada Carriles himself are part of the evidence of his ties to the right-wing party, said the article, published on Saturday.