Travel: Now is the time to visit El Salvador It's green, beautiful, friendly and cheap. Lake Coatepec, a lake formed in El Salvador by a massive volcanic explosion. (Photo by Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG ...

Travel: Now is the time to visit El Salvador It's green, beautiful, friendly and cheap. Lake Coatepec, a lake formed in El Salvador by a massive volcanic explosion. (Photo by Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG ...

At one time, El Salvador had a violent gang problem. But the new president has thrown many of them in jail, and local residents told me they feel much safer now (though the move has been ...

El Salvador’s mountains are covered with luxuriant rainforests, flowering trees and volcanoes. Even though it’s the smallest country in Central America, it has 23 active volcanoes and 170 ...