El Salvador

US Airways Group Inc. has signed a code share pact with Salvadorian carrier TACA Airlines. (LCC) Read Full Story

by Oscar Bartes SAN SALVADOR (AFP) -- Floods and landslides left at least 124 people dead in El Salvador on Monday after a late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America and took aim for the United States. Landslides and overflowing rivers carried away houses, while a raging torrent ripped through an entire section of one town. Some of the bodies were taken to a chapel and covered in mud-caked sheets. "All we heard in the morning was loud noise," Arnoldo Paz, a resident of Verapaz in the central region of the country, told AFP. "It was a torrent of water and mud that swept ... Read Full Story

Obama praises 'courageous' health vote WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers who voted for a healthcare reform bill in the House of Representatives are President Barack Obama said Sunday. Speaking in the Rose Garden at the White House, Obama praised the House members who enabled the healthcare package to pass by a narrow 220-215 margin, enabling it to advance to the U.S. Senate. he said. The measure passed Saturday night after a day of intense lobbying, including a visit to the U.S. Capitol by Obama, who has made healthcare reform his top priority. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on the House floor ... Read Full Story

Interactive Travel Map | Text the Secretary Secretary Clinton travels to El Salvador and Honduras. Secretary Clinton traveled to El Salvador to attend the presidential inauguration of Mauricio Funes on June 1. While in El Salvador, the Secretary attended a ministerial meeting of Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas . The Secretary then traveled to Honduras to lead the U.S. delegation to the Organization of American States General Assembly in San Pedro Sula on June 2. At the General Assembly , Secretary Clinton is meeting with her counterparts from the other member nations of the Organization of American States to discuss the theme “Toward ... Read Full Story

By Ray Walser, Ph.D. Recently, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton specified the three guiding "D's" of U.S. foreign policy: defense, development, and diplomacy. When she heads south for the inauguration of El Salvador's new president and the May 31-June 2 annual high-level meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS), the secretary needs to pack a fourth "D": democracy. El Salvador's New President: The End of an Era Although incoming President Mauricio Funes of the leftist Farabundo Marti Front (FMLN) has sent some hopeful signals that he intends to pursue a Brazilian-style social democratic course, he will be under heavy pressure to veer sharply ... Read Full Story