Portal:El Salvador

Republic of El Salvador
*República de El Salvador* (Spanish)
Republic of El Salvador República de El Salvador (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (Spanish); English: "God, Union, Liberty"
	Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador; (English: "National Anthem of El Salvador")
ISO 3166 code	SV

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El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a government census.

Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Maya, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However, the Viceroyalty of New Spain had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the Spanish, which included the territory that would become El Salvador until its independence from Spain in 1821. It was forcibly incorporated into the First Mexican Empire, then seceded, joining the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823. When the federation dissolved in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state, then formed a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater Republic of Central America, which lasted from 1896 to 1898. (Full article...)

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Roque Dalton (1969)

Roque Antonio Dalton García (14 May 1935 – 10 May 1975), known professionally as Roque Dalton, was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, political activist, and intellectual. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets and one of the greatest Salvadoran writers of the 20th century.

The son of an American émigré and a Salvadoran nurse, he attended the University of Chile and the University of El Salvador, where he studied law. While at the latter, he began writing poetry, founded the University Literary Circle with Guatemalan poet Otto René Castillo, and associated with other members of the Committed Generation. A Marxist-Leninist, he joined the Communist Party of El Salvador in 1957 and visited the Soviet Union in the same year. He was subsequently arrested for inciting revolt during the presidency of José María Lemus. (Full article...)

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Image 1A street view in Usulután
Image 2Llano del Muerto waterfall in Perquín municipality
Image 3The cathedral of Santa Ana, El Salvador
Image 4Meanguera del Golfo island and Pirigallo island
Image 5U.N. map of El Salvador
Image 6Two lions at El Salvador's national zoo
Image 7A landslide caused by one of the 2001 El Salvador earthquakes
Image 8A view of El Imposible National Park
Image 9Aerial view of Coatepeque Caldera
Image 10A view of Chinameca, a stratovolcano
Image 11A view of San Miguel, El Salvador
Image 12Usulután, a stratovolcano in central El Salvador
Image 13A view of volcanoes near Usulután, El Salvador, by NASA Earth Observatory

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El Salvador news

April 17, 2025 – Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador to push for his release after being denied a meeting hours earlier by the Salvadoran government. (Politico)
April 14, 2025 – Democratic backsliding in the United States, El Salvador–United States relations: U.S. President Donald Trump suggests deporting United States citizens to the controversial Terrorism Confinement Center prison in El Salvador, despite the unconstitutionality of the proposal. (NBC News)
April 4, 2025 – Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia: United States federal judge for the District Court of Maryland Paula Xinis orders the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national from Maryland who was mistakenly deported and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (AP)
March 15, 2025 – March 2025 Venezuelan deportations: The Trump administration deports more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador where they are transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center. (NPR)
February 3, 2025 – El Salvador–United States relations: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offers U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the option to send convicted "dangerous American criminals" to be incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in exchange for a fee. (The Washington Post)
January 3, 2025 – Haitian crisis: Gang war in Haiti, Guatemala–Haiti relations, El Salvador–Haiti relations, El Salvador–Guatemala relations

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Did you know...

...that El Salvador is one of the most densely populated countries in Latin America, and also one of the most industrialized?
...that El Salvador uses the U.S. Dollar as its currency?
...that the department of Sonsonate is known for its coconuts?
...that Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most beloved writers, was imprisoned and persecuted by the Salvadoran Communist Guerrilla?
...that El Salvador and Honduras fought a war in 1969?