El Salvador
Capital:
San Salvador
Continent:
North America
Maps:
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| North American continent. El Salvador outlined in dark ink. |
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| A close-up of El Salvador & its neighbors. |
Neighbors:
Guatemala, Honduras
Water Borders:
Paz River, Lago de Guija, Sumpul River, Lempa River, Torola River, Goascaron River, Pacific Ocean
Total Area:
8,124 square miles
Five Largest Cities:
San Salvador, Soyapango, Santa Ana, San Miguel, Mejicanos
Famous Geographical Point:
San Miguel (volcano)
Famous Person:
José Arturo Castellanos Contreras, army colonel & diplomat who helped save 40,000 people during the Holocaust
Book Set In/About:
Un Dia en la Vida (One Day of Life) by Manilo Argueta
This tale follows one woman's daily life during the Salvadoran Civil War.
Movie Set In/About:
"Return to El Salvador" (2010), directed by Jamie Moffett
17 years after U.N. peace accords ended the civil war, this film documents how the people of El Salvador are living their lives.
Headline of the Day:
"The Impact 200,000 Returning Expats Will Have on El Salvador" in International Banker.
2 comments:
I was curious about the article you found and so I found it too, and read it. It's not good, the impact of the return.
Having read "The Only Road" by Alexandra Diaz, which takes place in neighboring Guatemala, but which that article tells me has similar problems to El Salvador, let me say that I would not want to return to El Salvador, after living in the US for so many years.
Yeah, that news article was pretty depressing. I don't recall ever hearing much of anything good about El Salvador, which is sad. It seems like it's been a troubled country for a very long time.
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