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18 nations gather for Conference of the American Air ChiefsAir chiefs and representatives from 18 Western Hemisphere nations gathered for the 48th annual Conference of the American Air Chiefs to San Antonio in July. Lt. Gen. Norman R. Seip, the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander led the AFSOUTH delegation during the week-long event. Attendees at this year's CONJEFAMER include Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the Inter-American Air Forces Academy and the Inter American Defense Board, as well as, representatives from the United States. more...
The United States Air Force – Jul 22, 2008 8:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Millicom International to acquire Amnet for $510 million
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Millicom International Cellular said Tuesday that it's agreed to acquire Amnet Telecommunications Holding for an enterprise value of $510 million. Completion of the acquisition is expected within three months. Amnet, which is owned by private investors, provides broadband and cable television services in Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador as well as fixed telephony and corporate data services.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Jul 22, 2008 11:05 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Millicom International Cellular said Tuesday that it's agreed to acquire Amnet Telecommunications Holding for an enterprise value of $510 million. Completion of the acquisition is expected within three months. Amnet, which is owned by private investors, provides broadband and cable television services in Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador as well as fixed telephony and corporate data services.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Jul 22, 2008 11:05 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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U.S. adoptee a stranger in his birthplace
A man adopted by a U.S. couple when he was 6 months old has been deported to El Salvador after spending five years in immigration detention in Otay Mesa while he appealed his case.
SignOnSanDiego.com – Jul 20, 2008 1:51 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: California: San Diego
A man adopted by a U.S. couple when he was 6 months old has been deported to El Salvador after spending five years in immigration detention in Otay Mesa while he appealed his case.
SignOnSanDiego.com – Jul 20, 2008 1:51 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: California: San Diego
The 8th Ibero-American Ministers of Tourism Conference, Held July 17-18 in El Salvador
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PR Newswire – Jul 19, 2008 12:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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PR Newswire – Jul 19, 2008 12:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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ICE: 18 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Loveland
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the 18 workers arrested Wednesday morning were in the country illegally. One was from El Salvador and the rest were from Mexico.
KKTV.com – Jul 16, 2008 9:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Colorado: Colorado Springs
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the 18 workers arrested Wednesday morning were in the country illegally. One was from El Salvador and the rest were from Mexico.
KKTV.com – Jul 16, 2008 9:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Colorado: Colorado Springs
Prosecutor killed in Guatemala
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 15 (UPI) -- A Guatemalan prosecutor investigating the deaths of three politicians from El Salvador reportedly was shot and killed by gunmen.
United Press International – Jul 16, 2008 05:09 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 15 (UPI) -- A Guatemalan prosecutor investigating the deaths of three politicians from El Salvador reportedly was shot and killed by gunmen.
United Press International – Jul 16, 2008 05:09 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Airmen return from humanitarian, training deploymentA 10-person team of Airmen from the 21st Medical Group at Peterson AFB returned from a two-week medical readiness exercise in San Miguel, El Salvador, July 3. The El Salvador deployment was part of an ongoing U.S. Southern Command MEDRETEs initiative in Central, South America and the Caribbean. This year, Air Force South will execute 29 MEDRETEs -- enabling vital medical care for more than 100,000 patients. Last year, 106,024 patients were treated and 457 surgeries were performed. more...
The United States Air Force – Jul 15, 2008 5:17 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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About 300 New HIV Cases Recorded In El Salvador Following National Testing Day
Approximately 300 new HIV cases were reported in El Salvador following the country's National HIV Testing Day on June 27, Xinhuanet reports. HIV tests were available at no cost at Salvadoran Institute for Social Security clinics, and a total of 55,016 people were tested for the virus as part of the campaign.
Medical News Today – Jul 14, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Approximately 300 new HIV cases were reported in El Salvador following the country's National HIV Testing Day on June 27, Xinhuanet reports. HIV tests were available at no cost at Salvadoran Institute for Social Security clinics, and a total of 55,016 people were tested for the virus as part of the campaign.
Medical News Today – Jul 14, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Health: AIDS - HIV
A restaurant empire built on soft pupusas and hard work
By BARRY SHLACHTER FORT WORTH — She was an undocumented worker who floated across the Rio Grande on an overturned truck roof.Today, Reyna Melendez is likely the North Texas queen of pupusas — a Salvadoran delicacy consisting of a cornmeal patty stuffed with cheese and shredded pork. In more than 15 years, her Market Latina chain has grown to five stores, with a sixth to open next month in Dallas, and does $2 million in annual sales.Melendez, 48, built a following ranging from day laborers to the Salvadoran consul general by grilling her pupusas without oil and using only Quesillo cheese imported from her Central American homeland.Melendez’s first business was a small shop selling dry goods and religious items just north of the Stockyards on North Main Street in Fort Worth. Her eldest son Alex, then 9, acted as interpreter in lease negotiations. A kitchen and tables were added when the business shifted across the street two years later, becoming the city’s first pupusería. The tenacious, if totally inexperienced, restaurateur once relied on blood relatives, then friends from church. She now employs a staff of 75."You have to have a goal," says Reyna Melendez, who opened stores in 1996, 1998 and 2005, all in Irving, then a fifth this March in Garland. All are in areas with a concentration of Central American immigrants, but Market Latina is drawing an increasingly eclectic clientele. The Metroplex, with its 80,000-strong Salvadoran community, supports more than 30 pupuserías. Aside from the recipe, Melendez’s pupusas are fat and hamburger-size, compared with flatter, almost pancake-like ones made by rivals. Starting from scratchIn the beginning, she had no idea that food service companies would deliver wholesale produce to the door or that waste bins could be hired, Alex Melendez says. They bought the raw materials at supermarkets and hauled their garbage home each night. "I remember my father approached a bank for a $3,000 loan and was told he had to have an account with $3,000 in it," he recalled. "He told them, 'If I had $3,000, I wouldn’t need a loan!’ "These days, the company could easily get a loan, but "we don’t need it," Alex Melendez says. They are self-financing.An early ally was Wally Culp, who had opened Just Us Restaurant Supply on Northwest 28th Street. "He believed in us," Reyna Melendez said. "He told us he felt we would succeed."Culp furnished Reyna’s first eatery with used equipment she could afford, giving her a 60-day grace period. He remains a fan."How did she make it? Determination," Culp said. "And she watches her money."She also won the respect of El Salvador’s Dallas consulate, which calls on Melendez to provide pupusas when holding functions that require an authentic taste of the Central American country. "She is remarkably modest and represents the best of the Salvadoran entrepreneurial spirit," said Mario Roger Hernández, the consul general. "Her family is very close, with solid values. We are very proud of people like this."Hardscrabble childhood
Star-Telegram.com – Jul 14, 2008 03:32 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth
By BARRY SHLACHTER FORT WORTH — She was an undocumented worker who floated across the Rio Grande on an overturned truck roof.Today, Reyna Melendez is likely the North Texas queen of pupusas — a Salvadoran delicacy consisting of a cornmeal patty stuffed with cheese and shredded pork. In more than 15 years, her Market Latina chain has grown to five stores, with a sixth to open next month in Dallas, and does $2 million in annual sales.Melendez, 48, built a following ranging from day laborers to the Salvadoran consul general by grilling her pupusas without oil and using only Quesillo cheese imported from her Central American homeland.Melendez’s first business was a small shop selling dry goods and religious items just north of the Stockyards on North Main Street in Fort Worth. Her eldest son Alex, then 9, acted as interpreter in lease negotiations. A kitchen and tables were added when the business shifted across the street two years later, becoming the city’s first pupusería. The tenacious, if totally inexperienced, restaurateur once relied on blood relatives, then friends from church. She now employs a staff of 75."You have to have a goal," says Reyna Melendez, who opened stores in 1996, 1998 and 2005, all in Irving, then a fifth this March in Garland. All are in areas with a concentration of Central American immigrants, but Market Latina is drawing an increasingly eclectic clientele. The Metroplex, with its 80,000-strong Salvadoran community, supports more than 30 pupuserías. Aside from the recipe, Melendez’s pupusas are fat and hamburger-size, compared with flatter, almost pancake-like ones made by rivals. Starting from scratchIn the beginning, she had no idea that food service companies would deliver wholesale produce to the door or that waste bins could be hired, Alex Melendez says. They bought the raw materials at supermarkets and hauled their garbage home each night. "I remember my father approached a bank for a $3,000 loan and was told he had to have an account with $3,000 in it," he recalled. "He told them, 'If I had $3,000, I wouldn’t need a loan!’ "These days, the company could easily get a loan, but "we don’t need it," Alex Melendez says. They are self-financing.An early ally was Wally Culp, who had opened Just Us Restaurant Supply on Northwest 28th Street. "He believed in us," Reyna Melendez said. "He told us he felt we would succeed."Culp furnished Reyna’s first eatery with used equipment she could afford, giving her a 60-day grace period. He remains a fan."How did she make it? Determination," Culp said. "And she watches her money."She also won the respect of El Salvador’s Dallas consulate, which calls on Melendez to provide pupusas when holding functions that require an authentic taste of the Central American country. "She is remarkably modest and represents the best of the Salvadoran entrepreneurial spirit," said Mario Roger Hernández, the consul general. "Her family is very close, with solid values. We are very proud of people like this."Hardscrabble childhood
Star-Telegram.com – Jul 14, 2008 03:32 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth
Genuine couples punished by 'fake marriage' crackdown, say experts.
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - Greg Hamon chuckles to himself as he recalls how he began his courtship with his wife, Sonia, by writing letters to her in El Salvador.
Yahoo! – Jul 13, 2008 5:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - Greg Hamon chuckles to himself as he recalls how he began his courtship with his wife, Sonia, by writing letters to her in El Salvador.
Yahoo! – Jul 13, 2008 5:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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