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que vea, los salvadoreños son el cuarto país más
feliz del mundo (!) o el 12. empatatado con Estados
Unidos y Finlandia, y 12. en el Nivel Subjetivo de
Bienestar.
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Depending on the study
you look at, salvadoreans are the fourth most happy
country of the world, or the 12th, tied with USA and
Finland (and in the "Level of subjective
well-being)
University of Michigan World Values Survey
http://thehappinessshow.com/OtherWaysOfBecomingHappier.htm
http://americangenes.blogspot.com
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La propuesta por México para el Oscar a
la Película Extranjera: Voces Inocentes, está basada en el guión
autobiográfico que el salvadoreño Oscar Orlando Torres le pasara
al director Luis Mandoki durante la filmación de un comercial. Voces Inocentes
está producida por Lawrence Bender, cuyas producciones incluyen Pulp Fiction,
Good Will Hunting y Kill Bill. La película trata de la infancia de Oscar Torres
en la guerra civil salvadoreña. Oscar Torres es un actor que ha aparecido en
capítulos de ER, CSI:Miami y Any Day Now
Historia en Diario de Hoy:
http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2004/10/11/escenarios/esc3.asp
Historia: Oscar Torres: from civil war to cinema marquee:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PCH/is_3_5/ai_n6132381
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| Mexico's entry for the Oscar for
Foreign Film: Innocent Voices, is based on the autobiographical story that
salvadorian Oscar Orlando Torres passed to director Luis Mandoki during
the shooting of a commercial. Innocent Voices is produced by Lawrence Bender,
who also produced Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting and Kill Bill. The film is
about the childhood of Oscar Torres in the salvadorean civil war. Oscar Torres
is an actor that has appeared in ER, CSI:Miami and Any Day Now. |
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Luis Mandoki & Oscar Orlando Torres
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| Uno de nuestros principales poetas, Roque Dalton, está
emparentado con la cantante Linda Rondstadt. Roque Dalton murió ajusticiado en
la Guerra Civil. |
| One of the foremost poets, Roque Dalton is related to
singer Linda Rondstadt. Roque Dalton died in the Civil War. |
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| En la obra "El Principito", la rosa de
la historia es la salvadoreña Consuelo Suncín, esposa de Antoine de
Saint-Exupery. Previamente, Consuelo Suncín fué esposa del escritor
guatemalteco Enrique Gómez Carrillo, que era amigo de Oscar Wilde |
| In the book "The Little Prince", the
rose of the history is salvadorean Consuelo Suncín, wife of Antoine de
Saint-Exupery. Before that, Consuelo Suncín was married to guatemalan writer
Enrique Gómez Carrillo, a friend of Oscar Wilde |
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| En el libro y la película "A Beautiful Mind" (la
película fué con Russell Crowe y Jennifer Connelly), la esposa del matemático
John Nash es la salvadoreña Alicia Lardé. Jennifer Connelly recibió el Oscar
por su caracterización de Alicia. En el libro de Sylvia Nash la describen como
una "Princesa de El Salvador con un sentido de Noblesse Oblige" |
| In the book and movie "A Beautiful Mind" (the movie was
with Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly), the wife of the mathematician John
Nash is salvadorean Alicia Lardé. Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for her role
as Alicia. In the book by Sylvia Nash she is described as an "El
Salvadorean princess with a sense of noblesse oblige" |
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En
la premiación de los Oscares
At the Academy Awards
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El artista salvadoreño Simón Varela de
Quezaltepeque creó varios de los personajes (como Bruce, el
tiburón) de la cinta animada Finding Nemo de Pixar/Disney.
Lea su historia en El Diario de Hoy (www.elsalvador.com)
bajo este link
http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2004/03/09/escenarios/esc4.asp
Su arte lo pueden apreciar en el libro: The Art of Finding Nemo
con dibujos de Ralph Eggleston y Simón Varela
(gracias por el tip a Patricia Zepeda!)
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Salvadorean artist Simón Varela from
Quezaltepeque created some of the characters (like Bruce, the
shark) in the animated movie Finding Nemo by Pixar/Disney.
You can see his art in the book: The Art of Finding Nemo
with drawings from Ralph Eggleston and Simón Varela |
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| El diseño de las letras Pizza Hut fué desarrollado
por la firma británica salvadoreña Ideas Frescas (
http://www.ideasfrescas.com
), la empresa de nuestra campeona voleibolista de playa, Frida Larios |
| Pizza Hut's new lettering style was developed by
british-salvadorean firm Ideas Frescas, the firm of our beach volleyball champ
Frida Larios |
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Mia Lehrer (Miriam Guttfreund) es la
diseñadora del diseño paisajístico de la Gran Muralla China, además de diseñar
casas y jardines para gente de la farándula como Dustin Hoffman, Jamie Lee
Curtis, Lee Ritenour, Joel Silver y Nancy Meyers. Inicialmente trabajó con el
afamado arquitecto mexicano Ricardo Legorreta; éste último está diseñando el
centro comercial MultiPlaza en El Salvador.
Artículo en El Diario de Hoy:
http://www.elsalvador.com/mujeres/2004/09/entrevista/index.asp
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| Mia Lehrer (Miriam Guttfreund) is the
landscaping designer for the Great Wall of China, apart from designing houses
and gardens for people in the entertainment business, like Dustin Hoffman,
Jamie Lee Curtis, Lee Ritenour, Joel Silver and Nancy Meyers. In her
beginnings, she worked with claimed mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta,
who is designing the MultiPlaza mall in El Salvador. |
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| La línea aérea de El Salvador, TACA (originalmente de
Honduras), fué en alguna vez la aerolínea más grande del mundo, bajo su
fundador Lowell Yerex - hasta que vino PanAm. La historia de Yerex: Yerex of
TACA, a Kiwi Conquistador, cuenta de cómo perdió un ojo volando para una
revolución, entre otras aventuras. |
| El Salvador's airline, TACA (originally from Honduras),
was at one time the largest airline company of the world, under its founder,
Lowell Yerex - until PanAm came. The history of Yerex: Yerex of TACA, a Kiwi
Conquistador recounts how he lost an eye flying for a revolution, among other
adventures. |
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| La mamá de la supermodelo Christy
Turlington es de Cojutepeque, El Salvador. Por ello, las ganancias del
calendario de Christy van para la Fundación Americana para El Salvador,
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Supermodel Christy Turlington's mother
is from Cojutepeque, El Salvador.
That is why the proceeds of her calendar go to the American Foundation for El
Salvador. |
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Christy Turlington con su mamá, María Elizabeth Parker Infante
Christy Turlington with her mother, María Elizabeth Parker Infante
Christy Turlington en el Turicentro Los Chorros
Christy Turlington at Los Chorros Touristic Center
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, quien descubrió San Diego en
California, Estados Unidos, terminó la construcción su flota en Acajutla, El
Salvador. Por ello, una de sus naves se llamaba "San Salvador"
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/pourade/explorers/explorerschapter4.htm |
| Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who discovered San Diego,
California in the United States, finished the construction of his ships in
Acajutla, El Salvador. That is why one of its ships was called "San Salvador" |
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Monumento a Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo en San Diego,
California
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| Dr. Robert J. Carbonell fué
Vice-Chairman de RJR Nabisco y parte del grupo de inversionistas que compró a
Del Monte, en la turbulenta época en que Philip Morris compró a Nabisco, época
descrita en el Best Seller "Barbarians at the Gate" |
| Dr. Robert J. Carbonell was
Vice-Chairman of RJR Nabisco and part of the investment group that bought Del
Monte, in the turbulent era when Philip Morris bought Nabisco, an era which was
documented in the best seller "Barbarians at the Gate" |
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El primer distribuidor de Toyota en América (de hecho,
el segundo distribuidor en el Mundo, después de Taiwan) fué DIDEA de El
Salvador. El primer Toyota del continente
Americano, un Land Cruiser, todavía funciona.
http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2003/04/03/negocios/negoc2.html
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| The first Toyota distributor in America (in fact, the
second distributor in the World, after Taiwan) was DIDEA of El Salvador. The
first Toyota in the American continent, a Land Cruiser, still runs. |
Este Land Cruiser gris fué el primer Toyota en el continente americano en 1953
This grey Land Cruiser was the first Toyota in the Americas, in 1953 |
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| Apropiadamente, el último Volkswagen Escarabajo
(Beetle, Käfer, Vocho...) que fué construido en el mundo, en México, fué
comprado por un salvadoreño coleccionista de autos clássicos. |
| Appropiately, the last Volkswagen Beetle ever that
was build, in México, was purchased by a salvadorean that colects classic cars. |
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| En el juicio a OJ Simpson por
asesinato, un testigo importante de la defensa fué la sirvienta
salvadoreña del vecino, Rosa López |
| At OJ Simpson's trial, an important
witness for the defense was the neighbor's salvadorean maid, Rosa López |
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| En películas como "Schindler's List" y "Varian's War"
cuentan las historias de valientes personas que salvaron vidas judías de los
campos de concentración. George Mantello (Mandel), quien trabajaba en el
consulado de El Salvador, fué una de estas personas, al igual que
Schindler y Varian, tal como lo narra el libro "El Hombre que paró los trenes a
Auschwitz: George Mantello, el más fino momento de El Salvador y Suiza". Este
fué el más grande esfuerzo de salvamento durante el Holocausto, salvándose
14,000 vidas a las que se les dió ciudadanía salvadoreña. George Mantello
convenció al Cónsul General Coronel José Arturo Castellanos para que se
expedieran los papeles de ciudadanía. El libro, escrito por David
Kranzler y con prefacio por el Senador Joseph Lieberman recibió el premio
Egit (Histadrut) en 1988 como Mejor Manuscrito sobre el Holocausto. |
Movies like "Schindler's List" and "Varian's War"
recount stories of courageous people that saved jewish lives from the
concentration camps. George Mantello (Mandl), who worked at El Salvador's
consulate was such a man, like Schindler and Varian, as recounted by the book
"The Man who stopped the trains to Auschwitz: George Mantello, El Salvador, and
Switzerland's Finest Hour". This was the greatest single rescue effort during
the Holocoust, resulting in the saving of 14,000 peoples lives who were given
salvadorean citizenship papers. George Mantello convinced our General Consul,
Colonel Jose Arturo Castellanos to give these life saving citizenship papers.
The book, writen by David Kranzler and with a preface by Senator Joseph
Lieberman was the winner of the 1998 Egit Prize (Histadrut) for the Best
Manuscript on the Holocaust.
http://www.holocaust-trc.org/trains.htm
http://www.raoul-wallenberg.org.ar/espanol/opinionbtaleman.htm (in
german, en alemán - in Deutsch)
http://www.raoul-wallenberg.org.ar/english/pineda.htm
(read this article by Rafael Alfaro Angel Pineda, Viceminister of Foreign
Relations in 1994)
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| Allison Iraheta, que a sus 16/17 años
quedó en 4to. Lugar en la 8va. Temporada de American
Idol (2009), es de padres salvadoreños. Ella era la
preferida de muchos críticos, como Michael Slezak de
Entertainment Weekly y Jim Cantiello de MTV, etc. A
pesar de quedar en 4to. lugar, fué rápidamente
contratada por Jive Records. |
| Allison Iraheta, who at her 16/17
years finished 4th in the 8th Season of American Idol
(2009), has salvadorean parents. She was the preferred
one of many critics, like Michael Slezak of
Entertainment Weekly and Jim Cantiello of MTV, etc. Even
though she landed at 4th place, she was soon signed
by Jive Records. |
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La salvadoreña Paula Heredia, basada en Nueva York,
ganó un Emmy por su trabajo en el film de HBO: In Memoriam, New York City,
9/11/2001.
También ha ganado otros premios como: The American Cinema Editors Award por el
documental Unzipped, Mejor Guión y Audience Award en el Festival de Filme de
Avignon por Sling and Arrows, 1996 Hispanic Creative Award por Teniendo un Bebé
y película seleccionada para el New York Film Festival de 1994: The Couple in
the Cage |
| Salvadorean Paula Heredia, based in New York, won a
Creative Emmy for her work in the HBO film: In Memoriam, New York City,
9/11/2001. She also has won other awards like: The American Cinema Editors
Award for the documentary: Unzipped; Best Screenplay and Audience Award at the
Avignon Film Festival in France for Sling and Arrows; 1996 Hispanic Creative
Award for Teniendo un Bebé and had her film: The Couple in the Cage selected
for the 1994 New York Film Festival |
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| El salvadoreño Andre Guttfreund hizo el
film "En la Región del Hielo", el cual ganó el Oscar a mejor Pelicula Corta,
Acción en Vivo, en 1977. La película está
basada en una historia de Joyce Carol Oates |
| Andre Guttfreund, a salvadorean, made
the film "In the Region of Ice", which won the Oscar as best Short Film, Live
Action, in 1977. It was based on a Joyce Carol
Oates story. |
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| El
actor Adrian Bellani (Gerardo Celasco) nació en Miami,
de ascendencia italiana - salvadoreña, y se crió en en
El Salvador, yendo a la Escuela Americana. Estuvo en los
equipos de volleyball y equestre de El Salvador. Encarna
al personaje Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald en la novela
Passions. En el 2006, en la revista People en Español
fué votado uno de los 25 latinos más "calientes" en el
mundo. |
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Adrian Bellani (Gerardo Celasco) was born in Miami, of
italian - salvadorean roots, and was raised in El
Salvador, attending the American School there. He was in
the Salvadorean volleyball and equestrian teams. He
plays Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the Passions soap
opera. In 2006, in the People en Español magazine, he
was voted one of the 25 Hottest Latin Men in the World. |
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La actriz Mary Possa (Mirna
Granados) nació en San Miguel, El Salvador, y pasó de
ser recepcionista en la empresa Seymore, Inc., a
asistente personal y luego pareja de Seymore Butts (Adam
Glasser), tal como fué documentado en el Reality Show
"Family Business" de Showtime en el año 2003. |
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Actress Mary Possa (Mirna
Granados) was born in San Miguel, El Salvador, and went
from being a recepcionist at Seymore, Inc., to personal
assistant and then girlfriend of Seymore Butts (Adam
Glasser), as documented in the reality show "Family
Business" of Showtime in 2003. |
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| La actriz Lilly Melgar, de padres
salvadoreños, fué con Ricky Martin la primera pareja de
latinos en novelas de día, en General Hospital. También
estuvo en la novela The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Actress Lilly Melgar, whose parents
are salvadorean, was with Ricky Martin the first couple
of latin americans on daytime soap operas, in General
Hospital. She also was in The Bold and the Beautiful |
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| El
blog político Daily Kos es una creación de Markos
Moulitsas Zúñiga, cuya madre es salvadoreña. Markos
creció en El Salvador y salió a los Estados Unidos en
1980 debido a la guerra civil. |
| The
political blog Daily Kos was created by Markos Moulitsas
Zuniga, whose mother is salvadorean. Markos grew up in
El Salvador and went to the U.S.A. in 1980 because of
the civil war. |
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| Los abuelos de Monica Lewinsky (la pasante involucrada
en el escándalo con el presidente americano Bill Clinton) emigraron a El
Salvador para escapar del nazismo. El papá de Monica Lewinsky, Bernard, nació
en El Salvador y fué profesor en una escuela de El Salvador, y es ahora un
Oncologista. |
Monica Lewinsky's (the intern of the scandal with
american President Bill Clinton) grandparents emigrated to El Salvador to
escape the nazi era. Monica Lewinsly's father was born in El Salvador and was a
teacher in a school in El Salvador, and now is an Oncologist.
Bernard Lewinsky's interview with Larry King:
http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/17/lewinsky.scandal/transcript.html
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| El Príncipe Albert de Mónaco y el
ex-Presidente Francisco Flores son amigos desde que fueron compañeros de cuarto
en la universidad de Amherst en los Estados Unidos. Por ello, en la
investidura de la Presidencia, el Príncipe fue invitado a El Salvador. |
| Prince Albert of Monaco and
ex-President Francisco Flores are friends from the time they were roommates at
the university of Amherst in the United States. That is why at the
inauguration of the President, the Prince was invited to visit El Salvador. |
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| Las exportaciones de Estados Unidos a Centroamérica -
que incluye El Salvador - son mayores que las exportaciones a Rusia, Indonesia
e India combinados - y son por un valor de 9 mil millones de dólares (y las
exportaciones de Centro América a Estados Unidos son por 12 mil millones de
dólares, como un décimo de las de México a Estados Unidos) |
| Exports from U.S.A. to Central America - which includes
El Salvador - are bigger than the combined exports to Russia, Indonesia and
India - with a value of 9 billion dollars (and exports from Central America to
the U.S.A. are for about 12 billion dollars, about a tenth of Mexico's exports
to U.S.A.) |
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| El Salvador en las películas (tal como
recuerdo, puedo estar equivocado) |
| El Salvador at the movies (as I
remember it, some might not be true) |
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Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone
Romero, interpreted by the late Raul Julia, about Monseñor
Romero's last days (Thanks to Oscar Campos)
Born in East L.A. - the romantic interest of Cheech Marin
"Borderline" video of Madonna, I think there is a pupusería.
Todo sobre mi Madre - All About my Mother, directed by Pedro
Almodóvar, mentions El Salvador as possible destination for the character
played by Penelope Cruz
Clueless, the maid is from El Salvador
Dirt (ShowTime) about a Salvadorean family
that emigrates to the U.S. because of the war
(thanks again to Oscar Campos)
My Family, with Jimmy Smits, where actress Elpidia Carrillo
plays a salvadorean refugee, who the Jimmy Smits character marries to
avoid her deportation (thanks to Oscar Campos)
Training Day, Denzel Washington's girlfriend or mistress
serves "authentic salvadorean food" to his partner, played by Ethan Hawke.
(thanks to Cruz Antonio Ortiz for the tip)
It Runs In The Family, with the Douglases ( Kirk and
Michael), "pupusas" are presented as typical food of El Salvador. Michael
Douglas plays a lawyer with a case from the tenants of a building against the
owners. His contact is a salvadorean woman, that
as gratitude
presents Michael Douglas with "pupusas" (thanks Oscar Campos for the tip)
Jim Carrey, at the Oscars some years ago, at the podium
shouted "Viva El Salvador", and he characteristically joked that, given that
everyone used the Oscars to present their polital agendas, that was his one.
(thanks Oscar Campos again!)
Rivales - Pupusas y Gorditas, a kind of Romeo and Juliet with
a mexican as the Romeo character and a salvadorean as the Juliet. Both are from
rival gangs (thanks to Ramón Alberto Meléndez Quintero for the tip)
Tres Veces Mojado - with the story of a salvadorean searching
for the American dream (thanks for the tip to Ramón Alberto Meléndez Quintero)
High Crimes - With Ashley Judd and Jim
Caviezel (both of which visited El Salvador in 2005,
Ashley for an AIDs Latin American forum representing
Youth AIDS, and Jim for a Catholic congress about
Family). About a marine which committed war crimes
in El Salvador, and her unsuspectful lawyer wife.
In the Oscar winning movie, Crash, Jennifer
Esposito portrays a latina, who proudly proclaims
that her father is puerto rican and her mother
salvadorean. (Thanks Oscar Campos for the tip)
In The Jackal, the terrorist played by
Bruce Willis learned spanish in El Salvador (Thanks
to Hans Herz for the tip)
In
the movie "The Body", 2001, Antonio Banderas
plays a salvadorean priest, who before being
ordained was a member of the National Guard, and
because he had experience in that agency is sent to
dangerous misions.
En la pelicula "The Body" (El Cuerpo), 2001,
Protagonizada por Antonio Banderas, en donde él
interpreta a un Sacerdote Salvadoreño que antes de
ordenarse pertenecio a la Guardia Nacional y por la
experiencia adquirida en este cuerpo de Agentes de
Seguridad lo envian a Misiones peligrosas.
(Thanks to Francisco Sánchez
Cazares for the tip)
In
the movie "Maid to order" (De Pricesa a
Sirvienta), 1985, with actress Ally Sheedy, when she
worked as a maid at some rich people's home, one of
her work mates is a salvadorean maid.
En la pelicula "Maid to order" (De princiesa
a sirvienta), 1985, protagonizada por Ally Sheedy,
cuando ella trabaja como sirvienta en una casa de
personas adineradas, una de las compañeras de
trabajo es una sirvienta salvadoreña.
(Thanks to Francisco Sánchez
Cazares for the tip)
On
the TV series, "The Shield", Michael Chicklis
portrays a corrupt policeman, that works with the
good guys but profits from the bad guys. In many
chapters, the "Bad" ones are salvadoreans or
salvadoreans "Maras" or gangs.
En las serie de television "The Shield",
Michael Chiklis interpreta a un policia corrupto,
que trabaja con los buenos, pero se beneficia con
los malos. En muchos de los capitulos se menciona
entre los "Malos" a los salvadoreños o a las maras
salvadoreñas.
(Thanks to Francisco Sánchez
Cazares for the tip)
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El Salvador in music
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U2's song: Bullet the Blue Sky were inspired
by the trip to El Salvador that Bono did in the time
of our civil war
La canción de U2: Bullet the Blue
Sky fué inspirada por el viaje a El Salvador que
hizo el cantante Bono en los tiempos de nuestra
guerra civil. (Thanks to William
Carballo of Fama - La Prensa Gráfica)
Spanish singer José Luís Perales's "La
Reina del Cafetal" was inspired by
salvadorean María Gladys Cantón Duke, who hosted
the singer in her house, when Perales came
to El Salvador for a benefit concert.
La canción "La Reina del Cafetal"
del cantante español José Luís Perales, fué
inspirada por la salvadoreña María Gladys Cantón
Duke, que acogía al cantante en su casa, cuando
Perales vino a El Salvador para un concierto de
beneficencia.
Tigres del Norte's "Tres veces mojado"
is about a salvadorean emigrating to USA.
La canción "Tres Veces Mojado" de
los Tigres del Norte es sobre un salvadoreño que
emigra a los Estados Unidos.
Cuban artist Silvio Rodriguez's "Por quien
merece Amor" a song about USA trying to
stop Cuban help to El Salvador's insurgents.
La canción "Por quien merece
Amor" del artista cubano Silvio Rodríguez es sobre
los Estados Unidos tratando de parar la ayuda cubana
a los insurgente de El Salvador.
Guatemalan
singer Ricardo Arjona's "Aquí El
Salvador", also about our civil war.
"Aqui El Salvador" del cantante guatemalteco Ricardo
Arjona, es también sobre su guerra civil.
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