El Salvador

In El Salvador each of the accused is facing a min sentence of 95 years – In Ecuador the war declaration is accompanied by a state of exception decree issued in response to a series of terrorist actions

El Salvador's Congress has passed an immigration law that enables swift citizenship for foreigners willing to contribute bitcoins to the nation's social and economic development initiatives. The unexpected approval of this reform came late Wednesday in a parliamentary vote supported by President Nayib Bukele's New Ideas party, holding a majority in Congress.

Twelve people were killed on May 20 in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said.

Authorities said initial reports pointed to a crush of fans who tried to enter Cuscatlan Stadium in the Central American country's capital San Salvador to watch a match between teams Alianza and FAS.

A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador's presidential election on Feb. 3, bringing an end to a two-party system that has held sway over the violence-plagued Central American country for three decades.

El Salvador is discussing a deal with Qatar under which Salvadoran migrants facing the loss of their right to stay in the United States could live and work temporarily in the Middle Eastern country, the government of the Central American nation said on Jan. 16.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador has launched its first commission to find people still missing from the nation's civil war (1979-1992) in another small step toward reconciling with its past after years of demands from citizens for such an agency.

The World Economic Forum recently released its Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, which analyses the state of the travel and tourism sectors in 136 countries.

According to UN’s data, the average murder rate in El Salvador is 10 murders per day. This makes the country one of the world’s most violent ones.

What is unbelievable though, is that on Wednesday there was no murdered recorded by the police, something that even they can not explain!

BELGRADE - A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Central America. It was felt in several countries across the region. The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning.

"Hazardous" tsumani waves are possible within 300km of the quake epicenter along the coasts of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras, the Center specified.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Mauricio Funes Cartagena, the former President of El Salvador, has been granted political asylum just across the Gulf of Fonseca in Nicaragua as he faces allegations of corruption including illegal enrichment, embezzlement and influence peddling in his native country.