El Salvador

El Salvador: UN Panel Voices Concern At Arbitrary Detention

6 Feb 2012

New York, Feb 2 2012 6:10PM A United Nations expert human rights panel has voiced concern about the right to security impinging on the right to be free from arbitrary detention in El Salvador, as well as extreme overcrowding in prisons and police facilities in the Central American nation.

Volunteers urged to take helping holidays

6 Feb 2012

PELHAM — Making a child smile changes the world. “I could see their faces through the gate and they all looked so sad,� Carol Lloyd, the previous owner of Nature’s Corner Bakery and Cafe, said referring to children in an orphanage in El Salvador.[...]

El Salvador gets 'tough' amid worsening crime

6 Feb 2012

President Mauricio Funes has appointed career military personnel to head the police and national security.  Many fear a return to failed policies of the past, writes guest blogger Hanna Stone.