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Salvador: Central America
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As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763 Salvador is the gateway to the early and most compelling history of the blending of the cultures which best defines the Americas. No state of Brazil has a greater treasure of history and ecology to protect according to UNESCO's World Heritage list for Brazil
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San Salvador and some Mexican cities are the only cities in Latin America with Sanborns (restaurant and store chain) and Dorians (or Sears). Other department stores include Siman, Carrion, Almacenes Europa and M&H.
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El Salvador has hundreds of rivers, mostly small. The most significant is the Lempa River; it rises in the mountains of Honduras then flows south across the central plateau and empties into the Pacific.
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As the first capital of Portuguese America, Salvador cultivated slave labor and had its "pelourinhos" installed in open places like the terreiro de Jesus and the squares know today as Thomé de Souza and Castro Alves. A "pelourinho" was a symbol of authority and justice, and ended up lending its name to the historical and architectural complex of Pelourinho, an integrated part of the city's historical center.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines announced today it will begin new service between its Dallas/Fort Worth hub (DFW) and San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL), beginning April 7. The new route will be available for sale this Sunday, Jan. 20.
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The CASA Act came at the request of the building professionals and organizations of El Salvador and Ecuador. It will provide a sustainable, state-of-the-art, “train the trainers” program based on the ICC family of international, comprehensive and coordinated building and construction codes. Architects, contractors, university faculty and public officials both in the United States and in Latin America support the CASA Act.
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