<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - El Salvador</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><description>El Salvador</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Season Anxiety With an Extra Twist]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54435-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54435-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If tax time brings many Americans an annual wave of frustration, it is perhaps  especially stressful for low-income immigrants.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In OAS Election, U.S. Favorite Bows Out]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40508-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40508-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The U.S. choice to lead the Organization of American States is dropping out of  tomorrow's election for the post, amid indications he had garnered little support despite heavy lobbying from Washington.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Salvador's Marked Men]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50422-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50422-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SAN SALVADOR  --  It's a sweltering day and sweat beads on Freddy Monterosa's face, but he keeps his long-sleeved shirt on.]]></description><author> Traci Carl</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadorans Near Deadline On Permits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51511-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51511-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ El Salvador's ambassador appealed yesterday to immigrants with special temporary work permits to renew them before a March 8 deadline, saying tens of thousands of Salvadorans still had not done so.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching  Families Before They Fall]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9884-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9884-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For Deysi Marquez, a Salvadoran immigrant living in Leesburg, the emergency Caesarean delivery of her premature twin sons in May 2001 was a frightening and traumatic event.]]></description><author> Ellen Cros</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition Heats Up for Top Job at OAS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55474-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55474-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The campaign is heating up to decide who will be the next secretary general of the Organization of American States. Candidates from El Salvador, Mexico and Chile have formally presented their risumis and their proposals for running the 34-nation institution to the Permanent Council of the OAS in the past few weeks.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico Battles Influx of Violent Gangs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24888-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24888-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Several major gangs, particularly those involving Salvadoran youths, have also proliferated in Latino communities in Washington and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs, where the number of gang-related murders, assaults and other crimes has grown over the past several years.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadoran Leader Touts Permits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59873-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59873-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Salvadoran President Tony Saca was cheered yesterday in Silver Spring as he launched a campaign to remind Salvadorans to re-register for temporary U.S. work permits.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal Residency Extended for Salvadorans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54436-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54436-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. government yesterday announced an 18-month extension of a program that has given legal residence to about 250,000 Salvadoran immigrants while their country recovers from a pair of powerful earthquakes.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadorans' Advocate  Presses to Steer Some Projects Home]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28083-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28083-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ About 15 minutes after Andreas "Elmer" Arias sat down for a meal of tacos and enchiladas at a Salvadoran restaurant in Arlington, a man on his lunch break walked over to greet him.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gang Member Admits Role in 2001 Va. Slaying]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53423-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53423-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Salvadoran gang member admitted yesterday in a Fairfax County courtroom that he led the gang rape of a Falls Church area woman in the summer of 2001, then kicked her in the neck with such force that it killed her.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadorans Chase the 'Iraqi Dream']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49592-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49592-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Juan Nerio, a 44-year-old mason's assistant, was sick of living in a mud hut on the side of a volcano. When he heard that an American company was offering six times his $200 monthly wage, he signed up. Six weeks later he found himself holding an AK-47 assault rifle and guarding a U.S. diplomatic complex in Iraq.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Held in Salvador in Killing of Teamster]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33977-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33977-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3 -- Police in El Salvador arrested four people Friday in connection with the Nov. 5 murder of Gilberto Soto, a Teamsters union organizer from New Jersey who U.S. labor leaders said was assassinated for trying to organize workers in a nation with a long history of hostility to unionized labor.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready for a Final Homecoming]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29743-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29743-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SAN AGUSTIN, El Salvador --  A deep pit has been dug in the reddish earth of the village cemetery. The parish priest has promised to donate sand and gravel to fill it. Now all that remains is for Ronal Alvarado Gochez's body to arrive from the United States so his family can bid farewell to the amiable 25-year-old who left with such high hopes barely seven months ago.]]></description><author> Jorge Beltran</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slaying of U.S. Labor Organizer Opens Old Wounds in El Salvador]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26587-2004Dec1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26587-2004Dec1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Nov. 5 slaying of Soto, who was in El Salvador to investigate working conditions for nonunion truckers and to celebrate his 50th birthday, has caused an uproar among U.S. union leaders, who have complained to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bid to Cuts Cost Of Money Transfers For Immigrants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18876-2004Nov28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18876-2004Nov28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Salvadoran immigrant Aresenio Ayala walked past the Western Union outlet on Mount Pleasant Road last week and stopped instead at Mi Pueblo, where he sent money to a relative in San Salvador. He said he decided to give the company a try after he saw a flier in the neighborhood.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadorans Buying Up Stakes in the Homeland]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16799-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16799-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many Salvadoran immigrants have amassed enough wealth to buy homes and land in their home country, reshaping the housing and development market and helping push up real estate prices.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigrants' Protected Status Extended]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security Monday announced an 18-month extension for Hondurans and Nicaraguans who were granted temporary U.S. residence after a devastating hurricane in their homelands.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigrant Sends Hope Back Home]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40632-2004Oct17.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40632-2004Oct17.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Successful franchisee has several commercial and philanthropic ventures in his native El Salvador.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadoran Companies Export Promise to D.C. Trade Show]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36812-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36812-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/elsalvador</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 9:02:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Small Salvadoran companies are sponsored by Expro at the D.C. Trade Show as part of a $6 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item></channel></rss>