The first Cuban ambassador to El Salvador since the early 1960s has presented his credentials, the government of leftist President Mauricio Funes said Sunday. Funes re-established diplomatic relations with the island after taking office in June,...

Lonely Planet has named El Salvador as one of the top ten destinations of 2010. Noting that the Central American country often gets overlooked by travelers in favor of Costa Rica and Guatemala, the publication points out that most visitors to El...

1. In 2002 El Salvador was the premiere location for the Central American and Caribbean sports games. Roughly 2 million tickets were sold to this world event. 2. El Salvador first introduced its flag in 1909. He meaning of the flag stands for blue...

For nearly three decades Salvadoran immigrants have been among the nation’s most organized newcomers, founding clubs to raise money for schools back home, establishing medical clinics for new arrivals and battling in Congress and courts to gain legal...

Christian Poveda was dismayed by the increasing viciousness of the gangs he had chronicled. ‘Government authorities have no idea of the monster facing them,’ he said a day before his death. The day before he was killed this week, Christian Poveda,...