MINNEAPOLIS, USA -- MoneyGram International, a leading global money transfer company, announced on Wednesday that it would temporarily reduce its money transfer service fee from all US and Canada agent locations to El Salvador from Nov 18 to Dec 2.  This in an effort to help after Hurricane Ida. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) -- El Salvador honored on Monday six Jesuit priests killed by the army 20 years ago in one of the most notorious atrocities of the country's long and vicious civil war. Leftist President Mauricio Funes granted the priests El Salvador's highest honor posthumously in a ceremony. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) -- Moody's Investors Service said on Sunday it had downgraded El Salvador's foreign-currency government bond ratings to Ba1 with a negative outlook from Baa3. The Central American nation's country ceiling for foreign-currency bank deposits was also cut to Ba1. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) -- Remittances by Salvadoran migrant workers to relatives back home fell 10 percent in the first 10 months of this year compared to the same period a year ago, the central bank said this week. Migrants sent home $2.8 billion from January to October, the bank said. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) -- El Salvador coffee group Procafe said on Wednesday just 6,517 60-kg bags of coffee were lost when Hurricane Ida triggered heavy rains and floods in the Central American country this past weekend. An earlier estimate in losses was incorrect. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA -- The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States approved a Resolution in which it expresses “its condolences and utmost solidarity to the People and Government of El Salvador following the loss of human lives and the destruction caused by torrential rains last weekend". read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- Rescue workers in El Salvador on Tuesday tried to reach dozens of towns cut off by torrents of mud and debris unleashed by devastating late-season storms that killed at least 144 people. The total number of dead rose to 144, civil protection authorities said. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) -- El Salvador's agriculture chamber said on Tuesday up to 28,000 short tonnes of sugar and 76,666 60-kg bags of coffee were lost after heavy rains triggered by Hurricane Ida caused major flooding and landslides this weekend. Up to 20 percent of the cane harvest could be at risk. read more...

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BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Hundreds of flood victims remain stranded and some communities are cut off from aid assistance following days of heavy rains that killed 124 people in El Salvador, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Monday. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- A late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America on Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 91 in El Salvador and thousands were left homeless in Nicaragua. Hurricane Ida, which grew to a category two storm Sunday, was moving into the southern Gulf. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA -- More than two dozen items, ranging from travel and entertainment to jewelry and original artwork, are available for auction with the proceeds benefiting people with the greatest needs in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Development Foundation announced on Monday. read more...

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MIAMI, USA (Reuters) -- All three regional places in the World Cup finals remain up for grabs as the tightly contested CONCACAF qualification process reaches the penultimate round on Saturday. Mexico are second on 15 points and have an easier task at home to fifth-placed El Salvador. read more...

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MEXICO CITY/SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -- Latin American airlines Avianca and TACA said on Wednesday they will merge and AeroMexico said it is looking at deals with rivals as carriers around the world struggle with a deep downturn. El Salvador-based TACA said they will join operations to cut costs. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) -- Moody's Investors Service on Monday placed El Salvador's credit rating on review for possible downgrade on the country's limited access to international financial markets and the impact of the global financial crisis. El Salvador's "Baa3" foreign-currency government bond rating could... read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- Four suspects, including a policeman, have been arrested over Franco-Spanish journalist Christian Poveda's murder in El Salvador, police said, indicating the killing was ordered by a jailed gang member. Poveda's murder last week had been ordered by Nelson Lazo Rivera. read more...

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WASHINGTON, USA -- Five extraordinary people from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia and El Salvador will be honored as the 2009 Heroes of the Hemisphere for their dedication to improving the lives of people in their communities, the Pan American Development Foundation announced on Wednesday. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) -- Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore scored a goal each to help the United States come from behind to beat El Salvador 2-1 in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday and boost their hopes of making the finals next year. Both sides had chances after the break but the home side hung on. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- Police have arrested a member of the feared Mara 18 gang in the killing of Franco-Spanish journalist Christian Poveda whose film on gangs was to debut this month, sources close to the probe said Friday. The arrest was made Thursday near the area where Poveda was killed. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- Violent gangs known here as "maras" have thousands of members in El Salvador, a bloody hand in 60 percent of murders, and are active in extorsion, drug dealing and arms trafficking, authorities say. Every day, about 12 people are murdered in El Salvador. read more...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- A Franco-Spanish journalist has been brutally murdered in El Salvador, weeks before the release of his latest documentary on the violent drug-running gangs that blight the country. Christian Poveda, 54, was found dead near his vehicle on a road north of the capital. read more...

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- The President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, signed a cooperation agreement this week in San Salvador for institution-building in that country. read more...

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