El Salvador whips it's citizens into shape for easter.

In a city in El Salvador, Texistepeque they have police officials dressed up in red devil outfits with whips. They whip on coming citizens to try to symbolize the fight of good versus evil. They do this every year right before the huge parade they have for Easter celebrations.

It's getting shaky down there

On thursday January 26, 2010 a 4.6 earthquake hit el Salvador. They have not reported any dead or missing. It was 9.7 miles out of San Salvador, Hitting the east coast of el Salvador. There has been some property damages but not a lot. Lucky it was not that big of an eathquake.

Dia de los muertos

Dia de lo Muertos is a holiday celebrated during the halloween season. It is generally celebrated in MExico and in some other Latin American countries. It is a time to celebrate and remeber all the great and wonderful people that have passed on in your life. In America we generally think of it as a sad holiday, but in Mexico they think of it as one of the happiest holidays they celebrate. To help celebrate for the dead people, the mexicins go to the persons grave and put tha tpersons favirate things. For instants if someone died and they liked DR. Peper their friends and family would put DR. Peper on the grave, stuff like that. People also make sugar skulls. Sugar skulls are exactly what they say, little skulls made of sugar and often times have food paint on them to make them more decarative.

El salvadors climate

El Salvador has a tropical climate. It has a wet and a dry season yearly.The temperatures change among where you are. They temperature doesn't changer that much through each season.The area by the beach is usually hotter than by the mountains.

Etol De Atole

This is a delicious corn drink. It has a very sweet flavor. I was not expecting it to be so sweet i was expecting it to be very corn like. My favorite part about it that the corn sinks to the bottom. SO when i was done drinking i got to eat the corn that has the sugar on it.

Goverment times two

The president is Antonio Saca. He was born in May of 1965. EH was elected into office in 2004. He was a sportscaster before being president. He is a republican. He will be out of office on June first 2009. He is running for a second five year term.

. They are usually made with different cuts of pork, but sometimes made with mutton. In Puerto Rico chicharrones are also made with chicken, in Argentina with beef, and in Peru with chicken or fish.