The Catholic Church plays an important role in the Salvadoran culture.

The rewards will have to be larger, as they were in the case of the Salvadoran programs for FMLN commanders.

Other countries with notable Salvadoran communities include Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom (including the Cayman Islands), Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Colombia, and Australia.

Former Salvadoran guerrilla leader Joaquín Villalobos lapidary conclusion about the Colombian narco guerrilla movement is worthy of consideration, given his unmatched insight into Latin America s armed, revolutionary left.

After all, the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Agreements, which ended the Salvadoran civil war, were signed more than two years after it became obvious that neither side could win.

Before the 2007 census, patterns in population growth led many officials (including those in the Salvadoran government) to estimate the country's population at 7.1 to 7.2 million people.

Also, the use of the United States dollar as Salvadoran currency, and direct flights of 4 6 hours from most cities in the United States, are factors for American tourists.

Indeed, the new Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, was elected on the ticket of the FMLN, the party that succeeded the old, hard left guerrilla group of the 1980 s and 1990 s.

Evidence from El Salvador would appear to bear this point out the Salvadoran police are widely regarded as stronger and more efficient, but crime rates remain roughly on a par with Guatemala.

The arms for land program that the Salvadoran government pursued was the main venue for productive reintegration, providing beneficiaries with a viable livelihood and a stake, however tiny, in the country s wealth.

Photographers Rebecka Bíró (Sweden Spain) and Victoria Montero (Argentina) have teamed up to create 'Guerrilleras' a documentary and photography project about the experience of women in the guerrilla during the Salvadoran Civil War (1980 1992).