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While attending the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan signed a cooperation agreement with his counterpart from El Salvador.

Author and activist Carolyn Forche talked about her book, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance, in which she recalled her time in El Salvador during the lead-up to…

Benjamin Gedan talked about the Trump administration’s newly announced cuts in foreign aid to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

The Inter-American Dialogue and Counterpart International hosted a discussion on combating crime and violence in El Salvador. Panelists included Latin America scholars along with legal and s…

Deb Olin Unferth talked about her book Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War. In 1987, she set off to Central America with her boyfriend, determined to join a revoluti…

President Bush spoke to the press after a meeting with the president of El Salvador.

Mr. McClellan spoke to reporters about the passing of Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Claude Allen, the president’s meeting with President Saca of El Salvador, and the administ…

El Salvador President, Elias Antonio Saca, was sworn in June 1, 2004. Thousands gathered in El Salvador’s Capital to hear the former sportscaster and businessman’s first major speech. He out…

El Salvadoran Vice President Carlos Quintanilla-Schmidt talked about trade between the U.S. and Central America. Among the topics he addressed were negations over free trade agreements, the …

Ms. Tutwiler briefed reporters on the upcoming conference on assistant to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. She announced that Secretary of State Baker will represent …

Dr. Zamora, leader of the main opposition party in El Salvador, talked about the hope for peace in his country, and discussed the history of the civil war in El Salvador. He also discussed t…

Martha Doggett talked about the history of relations between the United States and El Salvador. She discussed the on going peace negotiations that could put an end to El Salvador’s 12 year l…

Members of the El Salvadoran Legislative Assembly debated constitutional issues and reforms that related to the protection of human rights. Human rights issues have been a major feature in t…

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher briefed reporters on recent affairs of interest to the Department of State, including the status of U.N. weapons investigation teams in Iraq, the c…

President George H.W. Bush and El Salvador President Alfredo Cristiani spoke to reporters during a photo opportunity after their meeting in the White House. They also spoke before an audienc…

The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs heard testimony on the political and economic status of El Salvador in Central America and its relation to U.S. interest…

The panelists discussed how the conservative coalition could help the situation in El Salvador in fighting the “Marxist guerrillas.” The country has been under armed conflict since 1979. Th…

Sam Dickens and Alexander Wilde discussed recent events in El Salvador. They discussed the recent deaths of Americans and aid to El Salvador. They answered viewer questions.

Miguel Salaverria, El Salvador’s ambassador to the U.S., spoke to the Woman’s National Democratic Club about the terrorism and fighting in El Salvador. He characterized El Salvador as a war…