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NEWS ABOUT: El Salvador

El Salvador stories: 9 news summaries

Salvador Cop, Gangsters Busted in Filmmaker's Murder

Alleged killers come from same gang Christian Poveda chronicled in film

Sep 10, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - El Salvador has arrested four gang members and a police officer for last week's murder of French photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, CNN reports. Another man who allegedly ordered the killing is already in prison, authorities say. The gangsters belong to the same Mara 18 gang that was the subject... More »

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Latin America • murder • documentary • film director • journalist • El Salvador • gangsters • Christian Poveda

Director of Gang Documentary Shot Dead

French filmmaker falls victim to violence he recorded in El Salvador

Sep 4, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The director of a documentary about the brutal gang life in El Salvador was himself the victim of gang violence, shot dead in a car 10 miles outside San Salvador, the Independent reports. Christian Poveda, a 52-year-old French filmmaker, directed La Vida Loca, which aired locally and hits France this... More »

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murder • gangs • documentary • gang violence • film director • El Salvador

El Salvador's 1st Leftist President Sworn In

Vows to transform nation, praises Obama in inaugural speech

Jun 2, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former TV journalist representing a party founded by Marxist guerrillas has been sworn in as El Salvador's first leftist president. Mauricio Funes, who ran on a center-left, pro-America platform, called Barack Obama an inspiration in his inauguration speech and singled out Hillary Clinton, who attended the ceremony, as "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Latin America • Central America • El Salvador • Mauricio Funes

(Newser) - Cinco de Mayo has become a very visible celebration in the US, but the Mexican holiday’s prevalence is just one indicator of the marginalization of other Latino immigrants, the AP reports. The Mexican-American population is almost equal to that of all other Latin American immigrants combined, resulting in a... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • culture • immigrant • holiday • El Salvador • Cinco de Mayo

(Newser) - El Salvador and Costa Rica have decided to end decades-long diplomatic freezes with Cuba, the BBC reports. They were the last Central American countries still shunning the island. For El Salvador’s newly elected president, Mauricio Funes, normalizing relations is a simple matter of fulfilling a campaign promise. It’s... More »

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diplomacy • Cuba • Costa Rica • El Salvador

Ex-Guerrillas Win El Salvador Presidency

Left takes power for
first time since
12-year civil war

Mar 16, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(AP) - A leftist television journalist has won El Salvador's presidential election, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since the bloody civil war and ending 2 decades of conservative rule. Mauricio Funes, a moderate plucked from outside the ranks of the rebel-group-turned-political-party FMLN, became the latest... More »

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Latin America • El Salvador • election • leftist • Mauricio Funes

(AP) - A Salvadoran immigrant in prison for attacking two women joggers in the park where Chandra Levy's remains were found is named in an arrest warrant issued today in connection with her death. Investigators questioned Ingmar Guandique—now in federal prison in Adelanto, Calif.—in 2002 about Levy's slaying after... More »

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Washington DC • murder • federal prison • El Salvador • Chandra Levy • Ingmar Guandique • warrant

 Mexico Court
 Backs Liberal
 Abortion Law

Other states expected to follow Mexico 
City statute

Aug 29, 08 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico's Supreme Court has upheld Mexico City's liberal abortion law, saying that to do otherwise would be a "violation of the fundamental rights of women." Abortions in the capital city are legal for any reason during the first three months of pregnancy. Other Mexican states will likely liberalize... More »

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abortion • Mexico City • Mexico • El Salvador • Mexico Supreme Court • Justice Sergio Valls. • Catholics for the Right to Decide • Provida

Gangs Trade Tattoos for Suits

Members encouraged to keep low profile amid police crackdown

Dec 16, 07 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - After years of punks with brazen head-to-toe tattoos and baggy jeans, organized crime has a new face: the clean-cut, yuppified mug of a college grad, AP reports. In an effort to keep cops off their tails and increase the bottom line, Latin American gangs are opting for brains over brawn—... More »

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gangs • tattoos • gang violence • El Salvador

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