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32 unusual facts about El Salvador


Adolfo Menéndez

Adolfo Humberto Menéndez Cortéz (born 13 April 1970 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who currently acts as goalkeeper coach at C.D. FAS.

Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos

During his time with the Santa Ana club, he would go on to play an integral part in the club winning the league title 5 times from 2002 to 2005.

Andrés Ignacio Menéndez

Brigadier General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1 February 1879–7 June 1962) was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Armando Contreras Palma

Armando Contreras Palma (born April 14, 1947 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football manager.

ASAPROSAR

Headquartered in Santa Ana, El Salvador, ASAPROSAR has over 200 local employees in the education, health and social work fields.

Carlos Monteagudo

Carlos Romeo Monteagudo Alfaro (born April 29, 1985 in San Vicente, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Efrain Burgos

Efraín Antonio Burgos (born 4 November 1961 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football (soccer) player.

Ernesto Ochoa

José Ernesto Ochoa Fuentes (born June 21, 1986 in La Unión, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who most recently played for Aspirante in the Salvadoran second division.

Esteban Blanco

Born in the district of San Miguel, he went on the play for the two biggest club from that city C.D. Águila and C.D. Dragón.

Foreign relations of Costa Rica

Costa Rica also hosted several rounds of negotiations between the Salvadoran Government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), aiding El Salvador's efforts to emerge from civil war and culminating in that country's 1994 free and fair elections.

Joaquín Escolán y Balibrera

On the following October 5, the Legislative Assembly, in agreement with Escolán, designed the city of San Vicente as the residence of the state authorities.

Jonathan Águila

Born in San Miguel, Águila started in the Fundomadrid project and then joined Águila San Isidro and later ADI.

Jonathan Josué Águila Joya (born November 11, 1990 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer.

José María Silva

Licenciado José María Silva (ca. 1804 in San Miguel, El Salvador – October 16, 1876 in San Miguel) was a Liberal Salvadoran politician.

Josué Flores

Josué Odir Flores Palencia (born May 13, 1988 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer currently playing for Zakho in the Iraqi Premier League.

Juan Francisco Barraza

Born in the district of San Miguel as the son of Maria de la Cruz Barraza and Juan de God Flores, he attended Dr Antonio Rosales primary school.

Juan José Gómez

Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who plays actually for Luis Angel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Marvin Umanzor

Marvin Alexander Umanzor (born May 10, 1989 in San Miguel) is a Salvadoran footballer.

Óscar Fuentes

Óscar Rene Fuentes (born on June 20, 1984 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Municipal Limeño.

Pescozada

They are currently feuding with a reggaeton group called Heavy Clan from San Miguel and released a diss (disrespect recording) called "Relaciones Diplomaticas" featuring Santos.

Raúl Antonio Coreas

Raúl Antonio Coreas Pérez (born February 7, 1989 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Dragón in the Salvadoran Second Division.

Raúl Antonio García

Raúl Antonio García Herrera (born September 13, 1962 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.

Ricardo Valencia

Nicknamed el Chilenito (the little Chilean), Santa Ana-born and raised Ricardo Valencia joined the newly formed team FAS in 1949.

Ricardo Ovidio Valencia (born 1927 – died April 20, 2010 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) was a Salvadoran footballer who played most of his career in C.D. FAS.

Roberto Guadalupe Martínez

Roberto Guadalupe Martínez (born 21 February 1973 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Rodrigo Ávila

Ávila himself was not substantially involved in partisan politics until he was asked by the ARENA leadership to run as mayor of Santa Tecla, a small suburb of San Salvador.

Ronald Pimentel

Ronald Alexander Pimentel (born September 17, 1985 in Sonsonate) is a professional football player, who currently plays for Once Municipal in the Salvadoran Premier League .

Salvador Coreas

Salvador Arturo Coreas Pérez (born September 29, 1984 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for second division side Municipal Limeño.

Shawn Martin

At the age of 2, he moved to Nicaragua due to conflicts in the country at the time and since his aunt Carol Henriquez had lived in Santa Tecla, his aunt helped them out to start a new life.

Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana

The Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana is a university in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Víctor Velásquez

Víctor Manuel Velásquez Molina (born April 12, 1976 in La Unión) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

William Torres

William Jeovanny Torres Alegría (born October 27, 1976 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player, who currently plays for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier Division.


1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 12th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 14–16 July, 1996.

Álvaro Misael Alfaro

Álvaro Misael Alfaro Sánchez (born January 6, 1971 in Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Aumi Guerra

Champion at the 2008 PABCON Ranking Championships, held in San Salvador, El Salvador.

C.D. Pasaquina

Club Deportivo Pasaquina Futbol Club, commonly known as Pasaquina F.C. are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Pasaquina, La Unión Department.

C.D. Vendaval Apopa

Club Deportivo Vendaval Apopa is a professional soccer team of the El Salvadorian city of Apopa.

Cline Paden

The institute offers college-style instruction in Lubbock and a series of satellite schools in forty-six states and in such countries as Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, England, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, and Trinidad.

Denis Walker

L to R: Denis Walker, Lord Sudeley, El Salvador's Foreign Minister, Andrew Smith (yellow tie), Dr Harvey Ward

Emerson Umaña

Emerson David Umaña Corleto (born November 12, 1981 in San Vicente, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football midfielder who currently plays for Águila in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Erber Burgos

Erber Alfredo Burgos Ángel (born 8 April 1969 in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

Ernesto Góchez

Ernesto Góchez Lovo (born September 14, 1976 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently is an assistant coach for C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo.

False title

He added that the phrase "right-wing spokesman Maj. Roberto D'Aubuisson" was ambiguous, as the reader could not tell whether D'Aubuisson was the single spokesman for the Salvadoran right wing or one of many.

Fermán Cienfuegos

José Eduardo Sancho Castañeda, better known by hius nom de guerre Fermán Cienfuegos (born 6 March 1947) was the leader of the Salvadoran organization Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional (National Resistance Armed Forces in English, part of Resistencia Nacional or RN).

Fernando Sáenz Lacalle

Fernando Sáenz Lacalle (born 16 November 1932) was the tenth Bishop and sixth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Gilberto Murgas

Gilberto Alfredo Murgas Fajardo (born January 22, 1981 in El Refugio, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player who finished his career with FAS in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Giovanni Trigueros

Giovanni Trigueros Martínez (born 8 December 1966 in Ahuachapán, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played as a central defender for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Guillermo Rivera

José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969 in San Rafael Cedros, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football (soccer) player.

Herber Barrera

Herber Antonio Barrera Romero (born April 28, 1987 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer.

Hugh Douglas Barclay

He was sworn in as Ambassador on November 12, and presented his credentials to El Salvador’s President, Francisco Flores, on December 18.

International Law Enforcement Academy

Presently, there are five ILEAs located around the world: ILEA Budapest in Hungary, ILEA Bangkok in Thailand, ILEA Gaborone in Botswana, ILEA Roswell in New Mexico, USA, and ILEA San Salvador in El Salvador.

Jacinta Escudos

Jacinta Escudos, born in San Salvador, is a writer whose body of work includes novels, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and journalistic chronicles that have been published in such Central American daily outlets as La Nación (Costa Rica), La Prensa Gráfica (El Salvador), and El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua).

Joel Aguilar

Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas (born July 2, 1975) is a Salvadoran football referee who currently resides in San Salvador.

Jorge Morán

Jorge Luis Morán Rodas (born October 4, 1989 in Coatepeque, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapán in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez

José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (30 October 1873 – 9 August 1938) was the sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.

José Campos

José Eduardo Campos Barahona (born March 15, 1983 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.

José Francisco Jovel

José Francisco Jovel Cruz (born 26 May 1951 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

José Miguel Granadino

José Miguel Granadino León (born September 28, 1988) is a Salvadoran football Defender who played for FAS.

Josimar Hernández

Josimar Alexis Hernández Abrego (born December 23, 1989 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo.

Juventud Independiente

Club Deportivo Juventud Independiente , also commonly known as Juventud Independiente, is a professional Salvadoran football club, based in San Juan Opico, La Libertad , El Salvador.

Lake Ilopango

Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills a scenic 8×11 km (72 km2 or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments.

Luis Miguel Hernández

Luis Miguel Hernández Campos (born February 9, 1985 in Chinameca, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran First Division.

Maureen Kaila Vergara

Maureen Kaila Vergara (born December 17, 1964 in San Francisco, United States) is a retired Salvadoran cycle racer who used to ride for the 800.com team.

Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley

Sudeley was also a former Vice-president of the now-defunct Western Goals Institute, and on 25 September 1989, chaired a WGI dinner at Simpson's-in-the-Strand for El Salvador's President, Alfredo Cristiani, and his inner cabinet.

Milton Guerra

Milton Noel Guerra (Born November 26, 1982 in Ilobasco, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for El Roble in the Salvadoran second division.

Milton Meléndez

Milton Antonio Meléndez Cornejo (born 3 August 1967 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

Milton Molina

Milton Alexander Molina Miguel (born 2 February 1989 in Santa Cruz, Metapán, El Salvador), is a Salvadoran footballer, who currently plays for A.D. Isidro Metapán, and internationally for the El Salvador national team.

NACAC Championships

The last of the six IAAF areas to hold a continental senior athletics competition, the NACAC Championships' inaugural edition was held in 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Nicholas Hervey

One such event, on 25 September 1989, was the Western Goals Institute dinner at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, chaired by Lord Sudeley, for El Salvador's President, Alfredo Cristiani, and his inner cabinet.

Nicolás Muñoz

Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapan in the First Division of El Salvador.

Permanent Peoples' Tribunal

The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal examined the cases of Tibet, Western Sahara, Argentina, Eritrea, Philippine, El Salvador, Afghanistan, East Timor, Zaïre, Guatemala, the Armenian Genocide or recently the Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka, the intervention of the United States in Nicaragua, Brazilian Amazon, etc.

Ramón Martínez de Paz

Ramón Martínez de Paz (born February 10, 1981 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Municipal Limeño in the Salvadoran second division .

Roberto D'Aubuisson

D'Aubuisson was born in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Department, El Salvador, graduating from the national military academy in 1963.

Rubén Quijada

Rubén Adolfo Quijada Umanzor (born December 18, 1985 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football player.

San José Las Flores, Chalatenango

San José Las Flores is a municipality and city in Chalatenango Department, El Salvador.

Saúl Molina

He took part in their promotion to the Salvadoran Premier Division and formed a dangerous frontline partnership with players like Juan Francisco Barraza and Juan Antonio Merlos.

Selvin Bonifacio Zepeda

Selvin Bonifacio Zepeda Morales (born 13 July 1981 in San Sebastián) is a Salvadoran football player who represented El Salvador at international level.

Telecommunications in El Salvador

Telecommunications in El Salvador include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet, centered primarily around the capital, San Salvador.

Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary

The filmmakers follow Nayo and Milton (whose surnames are not given), migrants from Chinandega, Nicaragua as they cross through Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States in their attempt to reach Canada.