Provides the latest RSS feeds for El Salvador News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page El Salvador News.net http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/cat/e89726e53a1f9f22/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 20:01:29 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:01:29 -0400 30 Spc. Elliot Haag, metal worker, 107th Engineer Company, Sparta, Wis., cuts down metal tent poles during Beyond the Horizon-El Salvador ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214749016/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:44 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214749016/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 GUATEMALA CITY - The overturning this week of former military dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt’s conviction on charges stemming from Guatemala’s brutal civil war has created a surprising consensus among critics on both the left and the right: Prosecutors badly overreached when they tried to pin accusations of genocide on the 86-year-old former president. Despite sharp divisions over ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214748736/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:57 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214748736/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 May 24, 2013 The Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved the submission of several draft resolutions to the next General Assembly, which will take place from June 4 to 6 in Antigua, Guatemala. In a joint session, the Permanent Council and CIDI approved the draft resolution on the ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214747887/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:50:43 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214747887/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Former Guatemalan President (2000-2004) Alfonso Portillo speaks with journalists on May 24, 2013 in Guatemala City, before being extradited to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million, sending him on a plane under the escort of US agents. (STR/AFP/Getty ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214746846/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:31 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214746846/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Former president of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, left, speaks to the press as he is led by police to an aircraft that will fly him to the United States from Guatemala City, Friday, May 24, 2013. Portillo was extradited to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214745529/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:22 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214745529/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Journalist Ramn Maldonado and camaraman Daniel Snchez from Canal Litoral Atlntico, in the city of La Ceiba, Atlntida department, escaped unharmed from an firearms attack by an unidentified suspect riding a motorcycle.On Monday 20 May 2013 in Colonia Villa Antonella, minutes after leaving the Canal Litoral Atlntico building around 9 a.m., a motorcyclist drove in front of Maldonado and shot ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214745373/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:26:44 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214745373/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 GUATEMALA has extradited ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face charges of laundering $US70 million ($A72.19 million). "Farewell, people of Guatemala," Portillo, 61, said after describing his plane trip under the escort of US agents as a "kidnapping" and accusing the Guatemalan government of breaking the law. "They have acted illegally against me from the ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214746761/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:23:32 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214746761/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 GUATEMALA CITY -- The lawyer for ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo says he is being extradited to the United States to face money-laundering and embezzlement ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214744239/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:04 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214744239/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Pope Francis and President Mauricio Funes Cartagena of El Salvador look at a reliquary containing a blood-stained piece of the vestment of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero during a private audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 23. 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Inappropriate posts may be removed by the ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214740759/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:36 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214740759/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Pope Francis and El Salvador President Mauricio Funes stand in front of a reliquary containing a fragment of the vestment that archbishop Oscar Romero was wearing when he was assassinated, on Thursday at the ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214738590/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:44:20 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214738590/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 To the Editor: Your May 23 editorial ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214733643/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:03 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214733643/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214728351/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:32:09 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214728351/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214727286/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:06 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214727286/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Today the President of El Salvador , Carlos Mauricio Cartagena was granted an audience with Pope Francis I at the Vatican were both spoke of assassinated Archbishop Oscar ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214726143/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:08 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214726143/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 BOGOTA, Colombia -- The four nations of the Pacific Alliance may be getting some company as they aim to turn the fledgling bloc into a regional powerhouse and boost trade with Asia. On Thursday, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to become full-fledged members of the group within months.The Alliance — formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru — held its ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214726141/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:29:23 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214726141/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Zoom in on the Indian Ocean for our Geo Quiz. We’re looking for an island nation. Its neighbors to the southwest are the Maldives. The island we’re in search of offers an interesting example of how plants changed the world. Back when it was under Dutch control, there were valuable cinnamon plantations across the island we want you to name. In the 19th century the economy shifted ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214724277/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:35 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214724277/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution) At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214724577/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:33:11 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214724577/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 A woman known as Beatriz is pregnant and suffering from illnesses She wants an abortion to help save her life But abortions are illegal in El Salvador in all circumstances The Supreme Court is debating the ... http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214721283/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:38 -0400 http://www.elsalvadornews.net/index.php/sid/214721283/scat/e89726e53a1f9f22