tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28582383329565480852024-02-08T04:52:24.810-06:00El Salvador News UpdateProvided by ESNA Village Network. Connecting villages in rural El Salvador with communities in North America in sustainable, effective partnerships to build lasting social change.ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-49714833947555622562011-11-19T15:58:00.019-06:002011-11-19T16:30:30.939-06:00ES News Online: November 19, 2011Giving Young Slum Dwellers a Chance<br /><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105896">http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105896</a><br /><br />El Salvador Police Set to Seize 4,000 Guns in 2011<br /><a href="http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1866-el-salvador-police-set-to-seize-4000-guns-in-2011">http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1866-el-salvador-police-set-to-seize-4000-guns-in-2011</a><br /><br />El Salvador Coffee Exports Soared in October From Year Ago<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-17/el-salvador-coffee-exports-soared-in-october-from-year-ago.html">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-17/el-salvador-coffee-exports-soared-in-october-from-year-ago.html</a><br /><br />Extreme floods 'the new normal' in El Salvador, minister says<br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/extreme-floods-the-new-normal-in-el-salvador-minister-says">http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/extreme-floods-the-new-normal-in-el-salvador-minister-says</a><br /><br />Surfers' Helping Hands Impact Beach Communities<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Surfers-Helping-Hands-Impact-Beach-Communities-133955853.html">http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Surfers-Helping-Hands-Impact-Beach-Communities-133955853.html</a><br /><br />El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust<br /><a href="http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5281">http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5281</a><br /><br />DC Pressure Behind Resignation of El Salvador Security Minister?<br /><a href="http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1848-dc-pressure-behind-resignation-of-el-salvador-security-minister">http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1848-dc-pressure-behind-resignation-of-el-salvador-security-minister</a><br /><br />FMLN to Make Elections Campaign in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/november/14/centralamerica111111403.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/november/14/centralamerica111111403.htm</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Murders of Women Increase<br /><a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=449800&Itemid=1">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=449800&Itemid=1</a><br /><br />Elk Grove Mayor Visits Sister City<br /><a href="http://elkgrove.patch.com/articles/elk-grove-mayor-visits-sister-city">http://elkgrove.patch.com/articles/elk-grove-mayor-visits-sister-city</a><br /><br />Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicki-gass/rebuilding-el-salvador-su_b_1086776.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicki-gass/rebuilding-el-salvador-su_b_1086776.html</a><br /><br />Thousands of families face an uncertain future in post-flood El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/elsalvador_60477.html">http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/elsalvador_60477.html</a><br /><br />Tracy Lopez: National Pupusa Day Comes to US<br /><a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/11/10/tracy-lopez-national-pupusa-day-comes-to-us/">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/11/10/tracy-lopez-national-pupusa-day-comes-to-us/</a><br /><br />El Salvador Convenes Municipal, Legislative Elections<br /><a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=448841&Itemid=1">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=448841&Itemid=1</a><br /><br />El Salvador: WB Disburses US$50 million in Immediate Aid in Aftermath of Flood Emergency<br /><a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23043966~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23043966~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html</a><br /><br />Hackers hit El Salvador government sites<br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45214010/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.TsgskHFJmKU">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45214010/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.TsgskHFJmKU</a><br /><br />U.S. - El Salvador Relationship (Editorial)<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/US---El-Salvador-Relationship-133491913.html">http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/US---El-Salvador-Relationship-133491913.html</a><br /><br />-----------<br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-961883833776782572011-11-05T09:38:00.012-05:002011-11-05T09:57:06.623-05:00ES News Online: November 5, 2011Canada Supports Flood Victims in Central America<br /><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/canada-supports-flood-victims-in-central-america-2011-11-04">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/canada-supports-flood-victims-in-central-america-2011-11-04</a><br /><br />United States and El Salvador Sign Partnership for Growth<br /><a href="http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2011/pr111103.html">http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2011/pr111103.html</a><br /><br />Partnership for Growth: El Salvador 2011-2015<br /><a href="http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/fs/2011/176636.htm">http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/fs/2011/176636.htm</a><br /><br />Tens of thousands of flood survivors in Central America still need help – U.N.<br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/tens-of-thousands-of-flood-survivors-in-central-america-still-need-help-un">http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/tens-of-thousands-of-flood-survivors-in-central-america-still-need-help-un</a><br /><br />Taiwan volunteers arrive in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1747152">http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1747152</a><br /><br />El Salvador cuts growth view on coffee damage<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/salvador-economy-idUSN1E79U1XD20111031">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/salvador-economy-idUSN1E79U1XD20111031</a><br /><br />El Salvador: President Funes to Present Report on Damages<br /><a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=445645&Itemid=1">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=445645&Itemid=1</a><br /><br />-------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-37450255134690015602011-10-31T09:20:00.018-05:002011-10-31T09:41:52.377-05:00ES News Online: October 31, 2011National Emergency Due to Floods and Landslides in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.sos-usa.org/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/National-Emergency-El-Salvador.aspx">http://www.sos-usa.org/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/National-Emergency-El-Salvador.aspx</a><br /><br />Dangerous Mutation of Aedes Aegypti Discovered<br /><a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=442165&Itemid=1">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=442165&Itemid=1</a><br /><br />Water Bill Stagnates in Congress<br /><a href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3282-el-salvador-water-bill-stagnates-in-congress">http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3282-el-salvador-water-bill-stagnates-in-congress</a><br /><br />El Salvador Seeks International Aid to Face Disaster<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/october/28/centralamerica111012802.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/october/28/centralamerica111012802.htm</a><br /><br />European Commission earmarks funding to help victims of Central America floods<br /><a href="http://www.iewy.com/35443-european-commission-earmarks-funding-to-help-victims-of-central-america-floods.html">http://www.iewy.com/35443-european-commission-earmarks-funding-to-help-victims-of-central-america-floods.html</a><br /><br />Rev. Dean Brackley, 65, Dies; Served in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/world/americas/rev-dean-brackley-65-dies-moved-to-el-salvador-after-massacre.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/world/americas/rev-dean-brackley-65-dies-moved-to-el-salvador-after-massacre.html?_r=1</a><br /><br />El Salvador Seeks International Aid to Face Disaster<br /><a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=431965&Itemid=1">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=431965&Itemid=1</a><br /><br />Aid agencies seek funds for El Salvador flood crisis<br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/aid-agencies-seek-funds-for-el-salvador-flood-crisis">http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/aid-agencies-seek-funds-for-el-salvador-flood-crisis</a><br /><br />A Mining Ban in El Salvador?<br /><a href="https://nacla.org/article/mining-ban-el-salvador">https://nacla.org/article/mining-ban-el-salvador</a><br /><br />Thousands of families remain displaced by torrential rains in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/elsalvador_60262.html">http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/elsalvador_60262.html</a><br /><br />El Salvador Coffee Output to Drop After Rain, Procafe Says<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-26/el-salvador-to-lose-coffee-output-after-rains-procafe-says.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-26/el-salvador-to-lose-coffee-output-after-rains-procafe-says.html</a><br /><br />Literacy Campaign Broadened in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=430835&Itemid=1">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=430835&Itemid=1</a><br /><br />Deadly flooding in Central America: how people contributed to the tragedy<br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/1025/Deadly-flooding-in-Central-America-how-people-contributed-to-the-tragedy">http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/1025/Deadly-flooding-in-Central-America-how-people-contributed-to-the-tragedy</a><br /><br />-------------<br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-73730228507177227972011-07-29T13:08:00.023-05:002011-07-29T13:38:38.340-05:00ES News Online: July 29, 2011Bluewater Health sending obsolete equipment, supplies to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.petroliatopic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3236744">http://www.petroliatopic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3236744</a><br /><br />El Salvador dismisses colonel’s libel suit against newspaper over drug trafficking story<br /><a href="http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/el-salvador-dismisses-colonel%E2%80%99s-libel-suit-against-newspaper-over-drug-trafficking-story">http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/el-salvador-dismisses-colonel%E2%80%99s-libel-suit-against-newspaper-over-drug-trafficking-story</a><br /><br />Hidden Hegemony: Canadian Mining In Latin America – Analysis<br /><a href="http://www.eurasiareview.com/hidden-hegemony-canadian-mining-in-latin-america-analysis-28072011/">http://www.eurasiareview.com/hidden-hegemony-canadian-mining-in-latin-america-analysis-28072011/</a><br /><br />Continuing Promise Completes Mission in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.dentistryiq.com/index/display/news-display/1465935504.html">http://www.dentistryiq.com/index/display/news-display/1465935504.html</a><br /><br />Inspection Crackdown At Foreign Passenger Jet Repair Facilities?<br /><a href="http://www.kirotv.com/investigations/28683635/detail.html">http://www.kirotv.com/investigations/28683635/detail.html</a><br /><br />Growing Tension Between Funes and Ruling Leftwing Party<br /><a href="http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56652">http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56652</a><br /><br />Families Downsizing<br /><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56644">http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56644</a><br /><br />Latin American Coffee Exports Gained 5.6% in June, Anacafe Says<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-26/latin-american-coffee-exports-gained-5-6-in-june-anacafe-says.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-26/latin-american-coffee-exports-gained-5-6-in-june-anacafe-says.html</a><br /><br />Thousands of Migrant Kids Trapped Inside the World's Border Politics<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/child-immigration-policy_b_905331.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/child-immigration-policy_b_905331.html</a><br /><br />OAS Assistant Secretary General Addresses Central American Foreign Ministers in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.isria.com/pages/25_July_2011_168.php">http://www.isria.com/pages/25_July_2011_168.php</a><br /><br />Protests halt gold mining in El Salvador (video)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8W3FBDaX3w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8W3FBDaX3w</a><br /><br />Salvadoran group dogged in search for children missing years ago in civil war<br /><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/07/24/2114356/salvadoran-group-dogged-in-search.html">http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/07/24/2114356/salvadoran-group-dogged-in-search.html</a><br /><br />Cultural Exchange: The play's the thing in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-cultural-salvador-20110724,0,3695461.story">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-cultural-salvador-20110724,0,3695461.story</a><br /><br />El Salvador bans public-area smoking<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4GIo9pKwOcFUWLbyLAELD45u9kg?docId=0ad808f3990b45839f5567bfb30ca933">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4GIo9pKwOcFUWLbyLAELD45u9kg?docId=0ad808f3990b45839f5567bfb30ca933</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Reported Kidnappings Down 50%<br /><a href="http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1273-el-salvador-reported-kidnappings-down-50">http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1273-el-salvador-reported-kidnappings-down-50</a><br /><br />USNS Comfort arrives in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.pnj.com/article/20110720/NEWS01/110720011/USNS-Comfort-arrives-El-Salvador?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs">http://www.pnj.com/article/20110720/NEWS01/110720011/USNS-Comfort-arrives-El-Salvador?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s</a><br /><br />Sonsonate: El Salvador's Most Violent Region<br /><a href="http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1259-sonsonate-el-salvadors-most-violent-region">http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1259-sonsonate-el-salvadors-most-violent-region</a><br /><br />US ambassador fuels gay rights debate in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B05146774-7113-4bc0-b6aa-20820cc19d70%7D">http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={05146774-7113-4bc0-b6aa-20820cc19d70}</a><br /><br />El Salvador Reports 2 Percent Growth in Tourism<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/july/18/centralamerica11071801.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/july/18/centralamerica11071801.htm</a><br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-60185318803342932322011-07-21T10:23:00.005-05:002011-07-21T12:08:43.965-05:00Caluco School Re-build Update!Help ESNA meet our goal by raising <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">4 thousand more dollars</span> to complete our part in obtaining an essential matching grant totaling <strong>$311,595 which will rebuild the earthquake-devastated primary school in Caluco, El Salvador.</strong><br /><br />ESNA <a href="http://elsalvadornewsupdate.blogspot.com/2011/06/help-esna-ensure-that-caluco-el.html">first reported</a> on this amazing opportunity last month. Since then, with your help, <span style="font-weight: bold;">we've been able to raise $12K of the $16 needed by August.</span> To learn more about this amazing partnership with Caluco and "Fondo de inversion social para el desarrollo" or Social Investment Fund for Local Development, visit: <a href="http://esnavillages.org/Caluco%20School%20Project%202011v2.pdf">http://esnavillages.org/Caluco%20School%20Project%202011v2.pdf</a> .<br /><br />Please spread the word, and remember that every little bit helps! To donate online, visit: <a href="https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=esna&id=1">https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=esna&id=1</a><br /><br />Thank you!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-34685862221931493282011-07-16T14:12:00.017-05:002011-07-16T14:40:22.611-05:00ES News Online: July 16, 2011Resource Conflict on the Rise: Free Trade Agreements Up for Vote<br /><a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/07/free-trade-agreements-resource-conflic/">http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/07/free-trade-agreements-resource-conflic/</a><br /><br />El Salvador Residents Fight To Ban Gold Mining<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/15/el-salvador-gold-mining_n_899523.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/15/el-salvador-gold-mining_n_899523.html</a><br /><br />Ex-migrants help other survivors of journey north<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jFvkQrSr1it-FE6EweSN4Td3Z3lw?docId=a2b1325b1e254ad8b9d2385166ff5e14">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jFvkQrSr1it-FE6EweSN4Td3Z3lw?docId=a2b1325b1e254ad8b9d2385166ff5e14</a><br /><br />British youth volunteers arrive in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15096">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15096</a><br /><br />Urban poverty and urban violence are growing in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=34&idsub=158&id=56981&t=Urban+poverty+and+urban+violence+are+growing+in+El+Salvador">http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=34&idsub=158&id=56981&t=Urban+poverty+and+urban+violence+are+growing+in+El+Salvador</a><br /><br />El Salvador Thanks Cuba for its Contribution to Public Health<br /><a href="http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6341:el-salvador-thanks-cuba-for-its-contribution-to-public-health&catid=2:cuba&Itemid=14">http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6341:el-salvador-thanks-cuba-for-its-contribution-to-public-health&catid=2:cuba&Itemid=14</a><br /><br />El Salvador To Host Regional Forum of Social Policies<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/july/11/centralamerica11071102.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/july/11/centralamerica11071102.htm</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Radio Journalists Threatened<br /><a href="http://www.eurasiareview.com/el-salvador-radio-journalists-threatened-10072011/">http://www.eurasiareview.com/el-salvador-radio-journalists-threatened-10072011/</a><br /><br />El Salvador Now Being Considered a Preferred Port of Call for Cruises<br /><a href="http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/el-salvador-now-being-considered-a-preferred-port-of-call-for-cruises/8823/">http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/el-salvador-now-being-considered-a-preferred-port-of-call-for-cruises/8823/</a><br /><br />In El Salvador, the "Pompei of the Americas" Gives up Its Treasures<br /><a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/07/08/in-el-salvador-pompei-americas-gives-up-its-treasures/">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/07/08/in-el-salvador-pompei-americas-gives-up-its-treasures/</a><br /><br />New law in El Salvador threatens judicial independence, UN rights expert says<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38917&Cr=&Cr1=">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38917&Cr=&Cr1=</a><br /><br />El Salvador Remains on Rain Alert<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/28/centralamerica11062802.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/28/centralamerica11062802.htm</a><br /><br />------------------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-69792387860791197282011-06-14T15:04:00.021-05:002011-06-14T15:30:49.858-05:00ES News Online: June 14, 2011El Salvador prelate calls for enforcement of child labor laws<br /><a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10659">http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10659</a><br /><br />20 Injured in Church Collapse in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=398217&CategoryId=23558">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=398217&CategoryId=23558</a><br /><br />Salvadoran leader plans to draft at-risk youths<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-salvador-gangs-20110611,0,3637942.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-salvador-gangs-20110611,0,3637942.story</a><br /><br />Working Children Decrease in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/junehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif/11/centralamerica11061102.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/11/centralamerica11061102.htm</a><br /><br />El Salvador Investigate Mysterious Deaths of Sea Turtles<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/10/centralamerica11061002.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/10/centralamerica11061002.htm<br /></a><br />Journalist Slain in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=397354&CategoryId=23558">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=397354&CategoryId=23558</a><br /><br />Four NFL Players Help Children In El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/four-nfl-players-help-children-in-el-salvador-2011-6">http://www.businessinsider.com/four-nfl-players-help-chttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhildren-in-el-salvador-2011-6</a><br /><br />Canada to Give $1 Million to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/canada-to-give-1-million-to-el-sahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giflvador-a374915">http://www.suite101.com/content/canada-to-give-1-million-to-el-salvador-a374915</a><br /><br />El Salvador: national campaign against dengue fever<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/09/centralamerica11060901.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/09/centralamerica11060901.htm</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Cent. America should share embassies<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gE_b2_dBp7DkMk2ZEXLgEr6zxm4A?docId=8efbadc2ef1e4eed95eac6ea8f579701">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gE_b2_dBp7DkMk2ZEXLgEr6zxm4A?docId=8efbadc2ef1e4eed95eac6ea8f579701</a><br /><br />Suspicion and Disunity Impede Central America’s Effort to Fight Drug Violence<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/world/americas/09drugs.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/world/americas/09drugs.html?_r=1</a><br /><br />Barista from El Salvador declared world champion<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iUzrZV8UmdXTvtpXzft5lUitd46Q?docId=CNG.fafcacea0287fbeab90256732f165e1e.bb1">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iUzrZV8UmdXTvtpXzft5lUitd46Q?docId=CNG.fafcacea0287fbeab90256732fhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif165e1e.bb1<br /></a><br />Finished well brings new life<br /><a href="http://www.mnnonline.org/article/15808">http://www.mnnonline.org/article/15808</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Funes Government Celebrates 2 Years of Achievements<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/03/centralamerica11060302.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/june/03/centralamerica11060302.htm</a><br /><br />Salvador to have absentee vote in 2014 election<br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/02/ap/latinamerica/main20068417.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/02/ap/latinamerica/main20068417.shtml</a><br /><br />------------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-68108202236387559752011-06-07T19:51:00.005-05:002011-06-07T19:54:43.479-05:00Help ESNA ensure that Caluco, El Salvador's, earthquake-devastated, K-9 school will be rebuilt!ESNA and YOU have a wonderful opportunity to turn 15k into over 300k - all of which will go towards rebuilding an earthquake-devastated, K-9 school in, Caluco one of El Salvador's poorest regions! <br /><br />Here's how it works: <strong>If ESNA can raise $15,926 by August 1st, the municipality of Caluco will receive a $311,595 grant</strong> to rebuild this essential means of access to education in the fifth poorest region of El Salvador.<br /><br />For detail on this matching grant opportunity from the "Fondo de inversion social para el desarrollo" or Social Investment Fund for Local Development, visit: <a href="http://esnavillages.org/Caluco%20School%20Project%202011v2.pdf">http://esnavillages.org/Caluco%20School%20Project%202011v2.pdf</a> .<br /><br />To donate online now, visit: <a href="https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=esna&id=1">https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=esna&id=1</a><br /><br />As of June 6th ESNA has raised 5k. We only need a little over 10k more! Please, help us make a difference for thousands of Salvadoran children. Every little bit helps!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-34759259087509760942011-05-07T14:33:00.028-05:002011-05-07T14:59:16.680-05:00ES News Online: May 7, 2011El Salvador to Develop Agriculture<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/may/07/centralamerica11050701.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/may/07/centralamerica11050701.htm</a><br /><br />Defense leaders gather in Belize to discuss Central American security<br /><a href="http://www.dvidshub.net/news/70006/defense-leaders-gather-belize-discuss-central-american-security">http://www.dvidshub.net/news/70006/defense-leaders-gather-belize-discuss-central-american-security</a><br /><br />Boosting Small Enterprise to Fight Poverty<br /><a href="http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55524">http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55524</a><br /><br />El Salvador arrests 17 in US extortion ring bust<br /><a href="http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=433027&version=1&template_id=43&parent_id=19">http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=433027&version=1&template_id=43&parent_id=19</a><br /><br />Costa Rica competes with rest of Central America for your tourism dollars<br /><a href="http://www.ticotimes.net/News/Top-Story/Supplements/Costa-Rica-competes-with-rest-of-Central-America-for-your-tourism-dollars_Friday-May-06-2011">http://www.ticotimes.net/News/Top-Story/Supplements/Costa-Rica-competes-with-rest-of-Central-America-for-your-tourism-dollars_Friday-May-06-2011</a><br /><br />National Authorities Meet in El Salvador in the Framework of the OAS to Advance the Rights of People with Disabilities<br /><a href="http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/oas-media-releases/National_Authorities_Meet_in_El_Salvador_in_the_Framework_of_the_OAS_to_Advance_the_Rights_of_People_with_Disabilities15756.shtml">http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/oas-media-releases/National_Authorities_Meet_in_El_Salvador_in_the_Framework_of_the_OAS_to_Advance_the_Rights_of_People_with_Disabilities15756.shtml</a><br /><br />Cary Resident and Current Peace Corps Volunteer Shares Experiences from Abroad While Visiting Home<br /><a href="http://triblocal.com/cary-fox-river-grove/community/stories/2011/05/cary-resident-and-peace-corps-volunteer-shares-experiences-from/">http://triblocal.com/cary-fox-river-grove/community/stories/2011/05/cary-resident-and-peace-corps-volunteer-shares-experiences-from/</a><br /><br />IFC provides assistance to microfinance institution in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.microfinancefocus.com/ifc-provides-assistance-microfinance-institution-el-salvador">http://www.microfinancefocus.com/ifc-provides-assistance-microfinance-institution-el-salvador</a><br /><br />UC Merced prof wins Fulbright to study insects in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/05/04/1878362/uc-merced-prof-wins-fulbright.html">http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/05/04/1878362/uc-merced-prof-wins-fulbright.html</a><br /><br />IFC, AMC Strengthen Financial Services for El Salvador’s Women and Rural Entrepreneurs<br /><a href="http://finchannel.com/Main_News/Banks/86232_IFC,_AMC_Strengthen_Financial_Services_for_El_Salvador%E2%80%99s_Women_and_Rural_Entrepreneurs/">http://finchannel.com/Main_News/Banks/86232_IFC,_AMC_Strengthen_Financial_Services_for_El_Salvador%E2%80%99s_Women_and_Rural_Entrepreneurs/</a><br /><br />The World Bank considers a Canadian company’s claim that it has a right to mine in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://fsrn.org/audio/world-bank-considers-a-canadian-company%E2%80%99s-claim-it-has-a-right-mine-el-salvador/8457">http://fsrn.org/audio/world-bank-considers-a-canadian-company%E2%80%99s-claim-it-has-a-right-mine-el-salvador/8457</a><br /><br />Salvador sends priests to Iowa<br /><a href="http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=14979">http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=14979</a><br /><br />Rene Emilio Ponce dies at 64; Salvadoran general blamed for killing of six priests during civil war in 1989<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rene-emilio-ponce-20110503,0,7852885.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rene-emilio-ponce-20110503,0,7852885.story</a><br /><br />El Salvador court disbands 2 political parties<br /><a href="http://www.sify.com/news/el-salvador-court-disbands-2-political-parties-news-international-lfckadhdigg.html">http://www.sify.com/news/el-salvador-court-disbands-2-political-parties-news-international-lfckadhdigg.html</a><br /><br />Whiz Kid: St. Edward Senior Preps for Nutritious Return to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://lakewood-oh.patch.com/articles/whiz-kid-st-edward-senior-preps-for-nutritious-return-to-el-salvador">http://lakewood-oh.patch.com/articles/whiz-kid-st-edward-senior-preps-for-nutritious-return-to-el-salvador</a><br /><br />El Salvador accelerates with .travel<br /><a href="http://www.forimmediaterelease.net/pm/4816.html">http://www.forimmediaterelease.net/pm/4816.html</a><br /><br />Grove School Students Complete Third Annual Service Trip to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=705695&Itemid=29">http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=705695&Itemid=29</a><br /><br />Gunmen kill cameraman in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.cpj.org/2011/04/gunmen-kill-cameraman-in-el-salvador.php">http://www.cpj.org/2011/04/gunmen-kill-cameraman-in-el-salvador.php</a><br /><br />El Salvador to keep lobbying for comprehensive U.S. immigration reform<br /><a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7363597.html">http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7363597.html</a><br /><br />-----------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-38720355344788962192011-04-26T12:52:00.044-05:002011-04-26T13:50:45.732-05:00ES News Online: April 26, 2011UNH computers heading to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20110424unh_computers_heading_to_el_salvador/srvc=home&position=recent">http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20110424unh_computers_heading_to_el_salvador/srvc=home&position=recent</a><br /><br />U.S. Seeks To Deport Salvadoran Accused Of Torture<br /><a href="http://www.wbez.org/story/2011-04-21/us-seeks-deport-salvadoran-accused-torture-85552#">http://www.wbez.org/story/2011-04-21/us-seeks-deport-salvadoran-accused-torture-85552#</a><br /><br />Travel: Surfistas love the waves in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.guelphmercury.com/living/travel/article/520767--travel-surfistas-love-the-waves-in-el-salvador">http://www.guelphmercury.com/living/travel/article/520767--travel-surfistas-love-the-waves-in-el-salvador</a><br /><br />IPC Youth Workshop Concludes in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/General_News/2011_04_21_a.html">http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/General_News/2011_04_21_a.html</a><br /><br />Habitat trip will create housing<br /><a href="http://www.presspubs.com/articles/2011/04/19/shoreview_press/news/doc4dadbc1c4bb04597576759.txt">http://www.presspubs.com/articles/2011/04/19/shoreview_press/news/doc4dadbc1c4bb04597576759.txt</a><br /><br />El Salvador Bans Firearms in 27 Municipalities<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/april/19/centralamerica11041902.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/april/19/centralamerica11041902.htm</a><br /><br />Dye Designs New Project in El Salvador!<br /><a href="http://www.bunkershot.com/post/4744924583/dye-designs-new-project-in-el-salvador">http://www.bunkershot.com/post/4744924583/dye-designs-new-project-in-el-salvador</a><br /><br />More surfers are coming to ride the user-friendly waves in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/More+surfers+coming+ride+user+friendly+waves+Salvador/4634714/story.html">http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/More+surfers+coming+ride+user+friendly+waves+Salvador/4634714/story.html</a><br /><br />El Salvador: New Laws to Fight Crime<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/april/18/centralamerica11041802.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/april/18/centralamerica11041802.htm</a><br /><br />Drivers Risk Extortion, Murder by Gangs<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/special_reports/2011/2011-04/el-salvador-drivers-risk-extortion.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/special_reports/2011/2011-04/el-salvador-drivers-risk-extortion.htm</a><br /><br />Uncle Sam’s Neighborhood? Or Uncle Sam’s Backyard?<br /><a href="http://mylatinovoice.com/politics-and-us/25-lo-que-es/2781-uncle-sams-neighborhood-or-uncle-sams-backyard.html">http://mylatinovoice.com/politics-and-us/25-lo-que-es/2781-uncle-sams-neighborhood-or-uncle-sams-backyard.html</a><br /><br />Local Sister Cities groups hope to interest Prescott teens in international projects<br /><a href="http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=92866">http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=92866</a><br /><br />Castle Employee Sends Love Back Home<br /><a href="http://buquad.com/2011/04/17/22924/">http://buquad.com/2011/04/17/22924/</a><br /><br />U.S. soldiers stationed in El Salvador participate in 'Pat's Run'<br /><a href="http://www.dvidshub.net/news/68882/us-soldiers-stationed-el-salvador-participate-pats-run">http://www.dvidshub.net/news/68882/us-soldiers-stationed-el-salvador-participate-pats-run</a><br /><br />Redlands film benefit features two debuts<br /><a href="http://www.sgvtribune.com/living/ci_17864935">http://www.sgvtribune.com/living/ci_17864935</a><br /><br />President Of El Salvador To Lend Support To UN High Level Meeting On AIDS<br /><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/222488.php">http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/222488.php</a><br /><br />DHL offers new direct LCL services connecting San Salvador, El Salvador with North and South Asia Pacific<br /><a href="http://logisticsweek.com/news/2011/04/dhl-offers-new-direct-lcl-services-connecting-san-salvador-el-salvador-with-north-and-south-asia-pacific/">http://logisticsweek.com/news/2011/04/dhl-offers-new-direct-lcl-services-connecting-san-salvador-el-salvador-with-north-and-south-asia-pacific/</a><br /><br />Orchestra to perform concert for El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20110415/COMMUNITY_NEWS/110419984/1018&parentprofile=1061">http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20110415/COMMUNITY_NEWS/110419984/1018&parentprofile=1061</a><br /><br />Salvadoran Farmer Activist Resists Corporate Gold Mining Plans<br /><a href="http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7189/francisco_pineda_small_farmer_fights_for_clean_water/">http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7189/francisco_pineda_small_farmer_fights_for_clean_water/</a><br /><br />El Salvador investing in the future (FIFA)<br /><a href="http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/news/newsid=1417939.html">http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/news/newsid=1417939.html</a><br /><br />My View: Tale of El Salvador's 'disappeared' a sad chapter in history of U.S.-Central American relations<br /><a href="http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x1142035103/My-View-Tale-of-El-Salvadors-disappeared-a-sad-chapter-in-history-of-U-S-Central-American-relations">http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x1142035103/My-View-Tale-of-El-Salvadors-disappeared-a-sad-chapter-in-history-of-U-S-Central-American-relations</a><br /><br />Latin America on a budget: Suchitoto, El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.gadling.com/2011/04/12/latin-america-on-a-budget-suchitoto-el-salvador/">http://www.gadling.com/2011/04/12/latin-america-on-a-budget-suchitoto-el-salvador/</a><br /><br />El Salvador trip an eye-opener for students<br /><a href="http://www.cpheraldleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058743">http://www.cpheraldleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058743</a><br /><br />Helping to ease the suffering in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://newsdurhamregion.com/life/article/174919">http://newsdurhamregion.com/life/article/174919</a><br /><br />----------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-42903815451530762322011-04-03T16:27:00.043-05:002011-04-03T17:28:32.916-05:00ES News Online: April 3, 2011Gained In Translation: Students translate letters from El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/5009182">http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/5009182</a><br /><br />Salvadoran exercise serves as a homecoming for some<br /><a href="http://www.dvidshub.net/news/68163/salvadoran-exercise-serves-homecoming-some">http://www.dvidshub.net/news/68163/salvadoran-exercise-serves-homecoming-some</a><br /><br />Operation looks to aid Salvadoran schools, train soldiers<br /><a href="http://www.dvidshub.net/news/68160/operation-looks-aid-salvadoran-schools-train-soldiers">http://www.dvidshub.net/news/68160/operation-looks-aid-salvadoran-schools-train-soldiers</a><br /><br />Empty bowl supper to benefit MOFGA's El Salvador sistering committee<br /><a href="http://waldo.villagesoup.com/place/story/empty-bowl-supper-to-benefit-mofgas-el-salvador-sistering-committee/389716">http://waldo.villagesoup.com/place/story/empty-bowl-supper-to-benefit-mofgas-el-salvador-sistering-committee/389716</a><br /><br />Vietnam expands ties of friendship, cooperation with El Salvador<br /><a href="http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Vietnam-expands-ties-of-friendship-cooperation-with-El-Salvador/20114/125357.vov">http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Vietnam-expands-ties-of-friendship-cooperation-with-El-Salvador/20114/125357.vov</a><br /><br />Diplomatic visa exemption accord signed with El Salvador<br /><a href="http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/209925/Diplomatic-visa-exemption-accord-signed-with-El-Salvador.html">http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/209925/Diplomatic-visa-exemption-accord-signed-with-El-Salvador.html</a><br /><br />Scugog physician helps bring hope to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://newsdurhamregion.com/life/article/174489">http://newsdurhamregion.com/life/article/174489</a><br /><br />Dispatch From El Salvador: Obama's Drug War Feels Eerily Familiar<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/dispatch-from-el-salvador-obama-drug-war_b_843245.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/dispatch-from-el-salvador-obama-drug-war_b_843245.html</a><br /><br />In El Salvador, gang ties are more than skin deep<br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/31/2143679/in-el-salvador-gang-ties-are-more.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/31/2143679/in-el-salvador-gang-ties-are-more.html<br /></a><br />EL SALVADOR: Textiles industry addresses quality issues<br /><a href="http://www.just-style.com/news/textiles-industry-addresses-quality-issues_id110716.aspx">http://www.just-style.com/news/textiles-industry-addresses-quality-issues_id110716.aspx</a><br /><br />Election Reforms at Centre of Controversy in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/31/centralamerica1103003101.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/31/centralamerica1103003101.htm</a><br /><br />Church pays homage to assassinated archbishop<br /><a href="http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/973746--church-pays-homage-to-assassinated-archbishop">http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/973746--church-pays-homage-to-assassinated-archbishop</a><br /><br />In El Salvador, Design Thrives<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/greathomesanddestinations/31location.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/greathomesanddestinations/31location.html?_r=1</a><br /><br />El Salvador Commemorates Missing Children´s Day<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/30/centralamerica1103003001.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/30/centralamerica1103003001.htm</a><br /><br />Project for Women Inaugurated in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/29/centralamerica1103002902.htm">http://insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/29/centralamerica1103002902.htm</a><br /><br />MFIC enters into strategic partnership with El Salvador-based Banco Agrícola<br /><a href="http://payments.banking-business-review.com/news/mfic-enters-into-strategic-partnership-with-el-salvador-based-banco-agrcola-290311">http://payments.banking-business-review.com/news/mfic-enters-into-strategic-partnership-with-el-salvador-based-banco-agrcola-290311</a><br /><br />El Salvador Inaugurates First ‘Ciudad Mujer’<br /><a href="http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/el-salvador-inaugurates-first-ciudad-mujer/6460/">http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/el-salvador-inaugurates-first-ciudad-mujer/6460/</a><br /><br />El Salvador women in Parliament unite on anti-violence law<br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/el-salvador-women-in-parliament-unite-on-anti-violence-law">http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/el-salvador-women-in-parliament-unite-on-anti-violence-law</a><br /><br />Obama Ignores Murders of Anti-Mining Activists in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://news.change.org/stories/obama-ignores-murders-of-anti-mining-activists-in-el-salvador">http://news.change.org/stories/obama-ignores-murders-of-anti-mining-activists-in-el-salvador</a><br /><br />Traffic Accident Leaves 7 Soldiers Injured in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=390298&CategoryId=23558">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=390298&CategoryId=23558</a><br /><br />Snohomish volunteer to build homes in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://heraldnet.com/article/20110326/NEWS01/703269965/-1/news01">http://heraldnet.com/article/20110326/NEWS01/703269965/-1/news01</a><br /><br />America’s Grisly History Haunts Obama’s El Salvador Visit<br /><a href="http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/03/obama_in_el_salvador.html">http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/03/obama_in_el_salvador.html</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Citizen Reactions to Obama's Visit<br /><a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/25/el-salvador-citizen-reactions-to-obamas-visit/">http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/25/el-salvador-citizen-reactions-to-obamas-visit/</a><br /><br />Obama’s Message to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2343">http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2343</a><br /><br />Obama's Tricky Trip to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000212">http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000212</a><br /><br />Obama ignores dissent over free trade agreement for Central America<br /><a href="http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=50856">http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=50856</a><br /><br />In El Salvador, Obama lauds Funes as a model Central American leader<br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0323/In-El-Salvador-Obama-lauds-Funes-as-a-model-Central-American-leader">http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0323/In-El-Salvador-Obama-lauds-Funes-as-a-model-Central-American-leader</a><br /><br />Protestors hit streets ahead of Obama visit in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/22/protestors-hit-streets-ahead-of-obama-visit-in-el-salvador/">http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/22/protestors-hit-streets-ahead-of-obama-visit-in-el-salvador/</a><br /><br />ANALYSIS: Obama earns high marks on South America tour<br /><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/23/110900/analysis-obama-earns-high-marks.html">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/23/110900/analysis-obama-earns-high-marks.html</a><br /><br />From El Salvador, Obama promises closer cooperation with Central America<br /><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_17676757">http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_17676757</a><br /><br />Libya concerns prompt Obama to trim stop in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/libya-concerns-prompt-obama-to-trim-stop-in-el-salvador/2011/03/22/AB79INFB_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/libya-concerns-prompt-obama-to-trim-stop-in-el-salvador/2011/03/22/AB79INFB_story.html</a><br /><br />Students Examine Climate for LGBT and HIV Population in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.law.berkeley.edu/10754.htm">http://www.law.berkeley.edu/10754.htm</a><br /><br />Obama pledges anti-drug funding on El Salvador visit<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12823048">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12823048</a><br /><br />-----------------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-44261767111656104682011-03-20T11:41:00.023-05:002011-03-20T12:46:54.496-05:00ES News Online: March 20, 2011President Obama visiting three Latin American success stories<br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/19/latin.america.successes/">http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/19/latin.america.successes/</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Obama visit dispels fears over ties<br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17653536?nclick_check=1">http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17653536?nclick_check=1</a><br /><br />Reservists head up mission to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/local/118268549.html">http://www.startribune.com/local/118268549.html</a><br /><br />Obama's El Salvador Stop Could Spell out Security Strategy<br /><a href="http://www.as-coa.org/articles/3124/Obamas_El_Salvador_Stop_Could_Spell_out_Security_Strategy_/">http://www.as-coa.org/articles/3124/Obamas_El_Salvador_Stop_Could_Spell_out_Security_Strategy_/</a><br /><br />Why I Won't be Hailing the Chief in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/early03182011.html">http://www.counterpunch.org/early03182011.html</a><br /><br />Refugee who opposed death squads in El Salvador heads to Ottawa for relief<br /><a href="http://www.brandonsun.com/national/breaking-news/refugee-who-opposed-death-squads-in-el-salvador-heads-to-ottawa-for-relief-118225559.html?thx=y">http://www.brandonsun.com/national/breaking-news/refugee-who-opposed-death-squads-in-el-salvador-heads-to-ottawa-for-relief-118225559.html?thx=y</a><br /><br />Obama in El Salvador: Delivering Hope<br /><a href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2329">http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2329</a><br /><br />El Salvador's long-ago civil war still colors U.S. relations<br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/17/2119347/el-salvadors-long-ago-civil-war.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/17/2119347/el-salvadors-long-ago-civil-war.html</a><br /><br />Students To Help In El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.portageonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21323&Itemid=468">http://www.portageonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21323&Itemid=468</a><br /><br /><a class="topstheader">Court Dismisses U.S. Miner’s Claims Against El Salvador<br /></a><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=389634&CategoryId=23558">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=389634&CategoryId=23558</a><br /><br />Obama Aims to Show Support for Democracy in Latin America<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Obama-Aims-to-Show-Support-for-Democracy-in-Latin-America-118047344.html">http://www.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Obama-Aims-to-Show-Support-for-Democracy-in-Latin-America-118047344.html</a><br /><br />El Salvador to open Australia embassy<br /><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/9018717/el-salvador-to-open-australia-embassy/">http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/9018717/el-salvador-to-open-australia-embassy/</a><br /><br />11 Salvadoran gang members sentenced in killing of foreign filmmaker<br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/15/el.salvador.filmmaker/">http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/15/el.salvador.filmmaker/</a><br /><br />Charlie Sheen continues to attract enemies: El Salvadoran Consul asks for apology<br /><a href="http://hken.ibtimes.com/articles/121497/20110311/charlie-sheen-continues-to-attract-enemies-el-salvadoran-consul-asks-for-apology.htm">http://hken.ibtimes.com/articles/121497/20110311/charlie-sheen-continues-to-attract-enemies-el-salvadoran-consul-asks-for-apology.htm</a><br /><br /><span class="headline"><span>Buffalo medical brigade using "left-over drugs" to save lives in El Salvador<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1775086/WBFO.News/Buffalo.medical.brigade.using.%27left-over.drugs%27.to.save.lives.in.El.Salvador">http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1775086/WBFO.News/Buffalo.medical.brigade.using.%27left-over.drugs%27.to.save.lives.in.El.Salvador</a><br /><br />Mission trip to El Salvador inspires local fundraiser<br /><a href="http://blog.syracuse.com/voices/2011/03/mission_trip_to_el_salvador_in.html">http://blog.syracuse.com/voices/2011/03/mission_trip_to_el_salvador_in.html</a><br /><br />---------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-51405715341888229082011-03-13T13:39:00.026-05:002011-03-13T14:14:50.299-05:00ES News Online: March 13, 2011Tsunami warnings and advisories remain across Pacific region<br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/tsunami.warning/">http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/tsunami.warning/</a><br /><br />El Salvador: Thoughts on International Women's Day<br /><a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/12/el-salvador-thoughts-on-international-womens-day/">http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/12/el-salvador-thoughts-on-international-womens-day/</a><br /><br />Court In El Salvador Sentences 10 Gang Members to Prison For Killing Of Journalist Christian Poveda<br /><a href="http://latindispatch.com/2011/03/11/court-in-el-salvador-sentences-10-gang-members-to-prison-for-killing-of-journalist-christian-poveda/">http://latindispatch.com/2011/03/11/court-in-el-salvador-sentences-10-gang-members-to-prison-for-killing-of-journalist-christian-poveda/</a><br /><br />Children, wives of gang members on their own in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/03/11/Children-wives-of-gang-members-on-their-own-in-El-Salvador/UPIU-1171296874522/">http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/03/11/Children-wives-of-gang-members-on-their-own-in-El-Salvador/UPIU-1171296874522/</a><br /><br />Evans Bros. completes coffee origin buying trip<br /><a href="http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/business_and_financial/article_ee5c191e-4baf-11e0-9172-001cc4c03286.html">http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/business_and_financial/article_ee5c191e-4baf-11e0-9172-001cc4c03286.html</a><br /><br /> Poet to shed light on Romero, plight of poor<br /><a href="http://www.catholicstarherald.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5309:poet-to-shed-light-on-romero-plight-of-poor-&catid=102:latest-news">http://www.catholicstarherald.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5309:poet-to-shed-light-on-romero-plight-of-poor-&catid=102:latest-news</a><br /><br />Obama could postpone El Salvador trip<br /><a href="http://www.ticotimes.net/News/Top-Story/Obama-could-postpone-El-Salvador-trip-_Friday-March-11-2011">http://www.ticotimes.net/News/Top-Story/Obama-could-postpone-El-Salvador-trip-_Friday-March-11-2011</a><br /><br />Cuba and El Salvador to Sign Partial-Reach Cooperation Agreement<br /><a href="http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4728:cuba-and-el-salvador-to-sign-partial-reach-cooperation-agreement&catid=2:cuba&Itemid=14">http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4728:cuba-and-el-salvador-to-sign-partial-reach-cooperation-agreement&catid=2:cuba&Itemid=14</a><br /><br />Issues In Depth: President Obama's Latin America Trip<br /><a href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/obama-trip-latin-america-march2011">http://www.americasquarterly.org/obama-trip-latin-america-march2011</a><br /><br />Obama's Expected Agenda in Latin America<br /><a href="http://americasquarterly.org/node/2296">http://americasquarterly.org/node/2296</a><br /><br />New archaeological finds in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.travelio.net/new-archaeological-finds-in-el-salvador.html">http://www.travelio.net/new-archaeological-finds-in-el-salvador.html</a><br /><br />U.S. Engagement With Latin America<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/US-Engagement-With-Latin-America--117547343.html">http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/US-Engagement-With-Latin-America--117547343.html</a><br /><br />Interact students heading to El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.napaneeguide.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3006184">http://www.napaneeguide.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3006184</a><br /><br />The Financial Ties That Bind<br /><a href="http://halfmoonbay.patch.com/articles/the-financial-ties-that-bind">http://halfmoonbay.patch.com/articles/the-financial-ties-that-bind</a><br /><br />Four Quakes Shake El Salvador<br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/03/centralamerica11030302.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/03/centralamerica11030302.htm</a><br /><br />Women at the Forefront of Grassroots Organising in El Salvador<br /><a href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/el-salvador-archives-74/2933-women-at-the-forefront-of-grassroots-organising-in-el-salvador">http://upsidedownworld.org/main/el-salvador-archives-74/2933-women-at-the-forefront-of-grassroots-organising-in-el-salvador</a><br /><br />------------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. 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ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-59704987855973697142010-12-22T15:17:00.002-06:002010-12-22T15:28:35.071-06:00immigration - a tough issueI encourage you to read an article by Dean Brackley on immigration. He has good insight to the problem and suggests that the real solution is to provide sustainable development in the region. This falls in line with the work of ESNA Village Network.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://ncronline.org/print/18328<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. 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The left-wing government and activists claim that it has been controlled by the pharmaceutical industry for decades.<br /><br />According to these claims, the CSSP is an interested party because companies exercise influence within the Council to manipulate quality controls and secure registration for their products.<br /><br />"Because of the influence they have on the CSSP, companies determine quality controls, and manipulate the register themselves," Margarita Posada, head of the Citizens' Alliance Against Privatisation of Healthcare, told IPS.<br /><br />One of the deputy members of the CSSP, Juan Ernesto Machón, is the son of the owner of Pharmator, a Salvadoran pharmaceutical laboratory, while Carlos Felipe Álvarez, another deputy member, is head of quality control at Vijosa Laboratories, owned by Víctor Jorge Saca, the uncle of former president Elías Antonio Saca (2004-2009), the fourth consecutive president belonging to ARENA.<br /><br />The governing Farabundi Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) criticised the move by ARENA and other conservative parties and said it was evidence that the right wants to extend the privileges enjoyed by the pharmaceutical industry.<br /><br />The largest importer and vendor of medicines in the country is Droguería Santa Lucía, owned by former president Alfredo Cristiani (1989-1994), the first ARENA president and today the head of the party.<br /><br />The market for medicines in the private sector is worth 190 million dollars a year, with 87 percent of market share going to foreign companies that have registered their products, according to El Salvador's Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (INQUIFAR).<br /><br />The public sector market, worth some 23 million dollars, is shared equally between national and foreign companies, according to INQUIFAR. Nearly 66 percent of the population receive healthcare from facilities run by the Health Ministry and the ISSS.<br /><br />Because of the alleged private sector influence peddling at the CSSP, the government wants to obviate the need for foreign companies to register their products with the CSSP in order to tender for the medicines contract.<br /><br />The authorities have invoked clauses from the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) to defend the legality of their tendering process.<br /><br />"The treaty is law in this country, and it gives us the tools to eliminate barriers to free competition in the matter of bidding for state medicine contracts in a public tendering process," Health Minister María Isabel Rodríguez said in a communiqué.<br /><br />Rodríguez quoted an August 2008 resolution by the Competition Regulation Agency, which stated that obstacles to the full development of competition had been identified in the pharmaceutical sector.<br /><br />Under the new rules, although the medicines would not have to be registered locally, they would be expected to have sale certificates approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO).<br /><br />Carmen Estela Pérez, the head of INQUIFAR, said the government's plan is in breach of constitutional principles, because national legislation stipulates that medicines must be registered locally. Furthermore, she argued, medicines are manufactured according to the climate of the areas where they are to be used.<br /><br />"We see this as a campaign against the local pharmaceutical industry and in favour of foreign companies," Pérez told IPS. She mentioned in particular the group of countries making up the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA).<br /><br />In 2009, ALBA launched the Supranational Medicine Regulation Centre (ALBAMED) project, involving Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, aimed at selling medicines at lower cost.<br /><br />The National Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP) is also opposed to the government proposal for a more inclusive tendering process.<br /><br />The opposition parties are also fighting the Medicines Bill, sent to Congress by the government in February, which seeks to transfer the registration of medicines to the Health Ministry. The authorities point out that El Salvador is the only country in the world where the Health Ministry does not control registration.<br /><br />The bill, blocked by rightwing parties, also seeks to break the industry's control of pricing by transferring it to the state.<br /><br />The WHO states that local prices of drugs should not exceed five times the international reference price.<br /><br />But in El Salvador such medicines are sold to the public at 52 times the reference price, according to the 2006 report "Disponibilidad y precio de medicamentos esenciales en El Salvador" (Availability and Prices of Essential Medicines in El Salvador), the results of which are still pertinent today, the authorities say. (END)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. 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ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-91205256033506239352010-09-14T21:23:00.000-05:002010-09-14T21:25:16.571-05:00Police find $9M in oil drums – total now $15M<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/vvl2-15391463sep11,0,7561527.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/vvl2-15391463sep11,0,7561527.story</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. 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ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-58142565131289756282010-08-29T17:49:00.012-05:002010-08-29T18:13:07.209-05:00ES News Online: Sunday, August 29, 2010<span style="font-weight: bold;">El Salvador: Truth and justice still denied</span><br /><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/45214">http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/45214</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Used equipment to El Salvador</span><br /><a href="http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100828/GJNEWS02/708289951/-1/CITNEWS">http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100828/GJNEWS02/708289951/-1/CITNEWS</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Human trafficking second only to drugs in Mexico</span><br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/26/mexico.human.trafficking/#fbid=tCovAIX8H5M&wom=false">http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/26/mexico.human.trafficking/#fbid=tCovAIX8H5M&wom=false</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mexican Officials: Drug Cartel Suspected in Migrant Massacre<br /></span><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Mexican-Officials-Drug-Cartel-Suspected-in-Migrant-Massacre-101519239.html">http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Mexican-Officials-Drug-Cartel-Suspected-in-Migrant-Massacre-101519239.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peace Corps member gets grant for El Salvador camp</span><br /><a href="http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bloomingdale/newsnow/x162774782/Peace-Corps-member-gets-grant-for-El-Salvador-camp">http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bloomingdale/newsnow/x162774782/Peace-Corps-member-gets-grant-for-El-Salvador-camp</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alma y Lucha: Soul and Struggle in Women Migrating from El Salvador</span><br /><a href="http://spot.us/pitches/546-alma-y-lucha-soul-and-struggle-in-women-migrating-from-el-salvador">http://spot.us/pitches/546-alma-y-lucha-soul-and-struggle-in-women-migrating-from-el-salvador</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tropical Storm Frank Puts El Salvador on Alert </span><br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/25/centralamerica10082502.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/25/centralamerica10082502.htm</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">An ambassador at last</span><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ambassador-20100824,0,5301634.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ambassador-20100824,0,5301634.story</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Better Nutrition For El Salvador: The U.S. and El Salvador work together to expand a comprehensive nutrition program</span><br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/americas/Better-Nutrition-For-El-Salvador-101330724.html">http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/americas/Better-Nutrition-For-El-Salvador-101330724.html</a><br /><br />----------------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect ESNA Village Network's views. ESNA has not validated accuracy of all material.</div>ESNA Village Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017660627279197697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858238332956548085.post-66032979569892572532010-08-16T16:36:00.023-05:002010-08-16T17:14:32.633-05:00ES News Online Monday, August 16, 2010<span style="font-weight: bold;">El Salvador's Supreme Court to rule on legality of jail time for defamation</span><br /><a href="http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/?q=en/node/8248">http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/?q=en/node/8248</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Man, Two Daughters Murdered in El Salvador</span><br /><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=363223&CategoryId=23558">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=363223&CategoryId=23558</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">San Salvador archbishop denounces violent killings</span><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10982271">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10982271</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">El Salvador Rejects US Anti-Immigrant Law <br /> </span><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/14/centralamerica10081403.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/14/centralamerica10081403.htm</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">S Korea helps El Salvador fight crime with CCTV technology</span><br /><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2010-08/14/c_13444971.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2010-08/14/c_13444971.htm</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">El Salvador Welcomes Venezuela-Colombia Ties</span><br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/12/centralamerica10081203.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/12/centralamerica10081203.htm</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lula Sees Peace and Harmony Between Colombia and Venezuela</span><br /><a href="http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/89-august-2010/12324-lula-sees-peace-and-harmony-between-colombia-and-venezuela.html">http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/89-august-2010/12324-lula-sees-peace-and-harmony-between-colombia-and-venezuela.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crime Cost: El Salvador Worst</span><br /><a href="http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4432">http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4432</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World Bank approves mining company suit against El Salvador</span><br /><a href="http://www.ww4report.com/node/8928">http://www.ww4report.com/node/8928</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Korea honors ex-El Salvador envoy</span><br /><a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100806000465">http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100806000465</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">El Salvador Activates Emergency System After Heavy Rains</span><br /><a href="http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/07/centralamerica100080704.htm">http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/august/07/centralamerica100080704.htm</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">El Salvador intends total ban on mining – report</span><br /><a href="http://www.miningweekly.com/article/el-salvador-intends-total-ban-on-mining---report-2010-08-06">http://www.miningweekly.com/article/el-salvador-intends-total-ban-on-mining---report-2010-08-06</a><br /><br />-------<br /><br />Above links are provided for educational purposes, but do not necessarily reflect <a href="http://esnavillages.org/">ESNA Village Network</a>'s views. 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