El Salvador
Nicaragua's Ortega wins third straight term, with wife
Nicaragua's leftist President Daniel Ortega has won a third straight term, with his wife Rosario Murillo as vice president, results showed Nov. 7, but the opposition and the United States condemned the election.
With 99.8 percent of ballots counted, the 70-year-old former Marxist rebel had 72.5 percent of the vote, the country's Supreme Electoral Council said, AFP reported.
Nicaragua to Give Former Salvadoran Leader Mauricio Funes Asylum
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.
Ecuador quake toll at 272, 'certain to rise'
The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- but that toll will 'certainly' rise even further, the president said on April 17 as overwhelmed rescuers struggled to pull survivors out of the destruction.
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Scientists urge WHO to take immediately action on combating Zika virus
Scientists have urged the World Health Organisation to learn from the Ebola outbreak and take immediately action on combating Zika virus warning it has ‘explosive pandemic potential’.
The US experts claim WHO has still not taken a leadership role in dealing with the Zika pandemic and advised it convene an emergency committee of disease experts.
US-bound Cubans finally fly out of Costa Rica
A group of 180 Cuban migrants took a step closer to a new life in the United States early Jan. 13 after flying out of Costa Rica in a trial plan designed to blaze a path for thousands of stranded compatriots to follow.
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Deal reached to allow stranded Cuban migrants out of Costa Rica
Central American countries have agreed to a pilot program to start allowing thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica to continue onward to the United States from next month, governments in the region said on Dec. 28.
The dream job: 5th annual list of the best places to work in all the world
How do you best create a great culture at a global organization? Elevate pay levels? Increase training opportunities? Launch a wellness program? Those steps may help, but the thing that moves the needle most for employees at the world’s best workplaces is a strong sense of community.
Enter the prison that even guards fear to go into (pics)
Some top security prisons are so dangerous that even the guards dare not enter. The ‘Penas Ciudad Barrios’ is a maximum security prison in El Salvador, but unlike other corrective facilities this is off limits for the authorities. It is run by the notorious ‘Mara Salvatrucha’ gang, infamous for its merciless revenge and cruel retribution.
CHP wants parliamentary examination on work accidents
The Republican People's Party (CHP) submitted a motion to the parliament on Aug. 10 for a detailed report on the institutional, administrative, legal and economic factors of work accidents in order to establish a holistic approach to prevent such incidents.
Greek family’s American dream turns awry with quadruple murder (facts, photos + videos)
Amy and Philip Savopoulos, aged 47 and 46 years respectively, their 10-year-old son Philip and 57-year-old housekeeper from El Salvador were identified as the victims of the upscale Washington D.C. fire – not far from Joe Biden’s residence – on Thursday.