News stories by Edgardo Ayala, page 11

SAN SALVADOR, Oct 16 (IPS) - Some 50,000 files on crimes against humanity are languishing in an undisclosed location in El Salvador, prey to damp and the ravages of time, while activists and lawyers frantically try to regain control over them.

SAN SALVADOR, Aug 21 (IPS) - Josefina Escamilla was in the Salvadoran capital to protest against UK brewing giant SABMiller, whose local subsidiary plans to drill a new water well on land alongside her community that, she says, will cause water scarcity for local residents.

SAN SALVADOR, Jun 20 (IPS) - The Salvadoran army kept a detailed list of names and photographs of leftists detained or sought during El Salvador's 1980-1992 civil war. The report is the first official military document proving the armed forces' direct involvement in forced disappearances and other abuses.

SAN SALVADOR, Apr 10 (IPS) - Several brutal, high-profile murders of women in the last few weeks in El Salvador are just the latest reminder that this is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of femicides, the term used to describe the killing of women because they are female.

SAN SALVADOR, Mar 21 (IPS) - A report containing the testimonies of victims of torture during El Salvador's 1980-1992 civil war will be published 27 years after it was written, to help Salvadorans today learn more about that chapter in the country's history.

PUERTO DE LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador, Feb 07 (IPS) - Boats were tying up at the jetty and there was a bustle of activity as vendors cried their wares, offering shellfish to potential buyers, while young people, sharp knives in hand, filleted sea bass and red snapper. Meanwhile, on the promenade, octogenarian musicians played old-style cumbias and boleros for restaurant patrons.

SAN SALVADOR, Feb 06 (IPS) - The combination of widespread disregard for traffic regulations and poor vehicle and road controls puts El Salvador among the countries of Latin America with the highest rates of traffic-related deaths.

SAN SALVADOR, Feb 01 (IPS) - After years of delays and obstacles, a law regulating the pharmaceutical market has come into effect in El Salvador, giving its people access to medicines at more reasonable prices, with discounts of over 50 percent for some drugs sold in high volumes, like diabetes medication.

JIQUILISCO, El Salvador, Jan 16 (IPS) - For the first time in El Salvador, a community radio is broadcasting under its own licence. The struggle continues, however, for legislative change that will give these kinds of broadcasters more airspace.

BERLIN, Dic 27 (IPS) - A recent agreement between El Salvador and Germany, with the latter supporting two renewable energy projects that would increase installed capacity in the Central American country by 94.2 megawatts by 2013, points to a promising alliance for carbon-free energy.