El Salvador
- Population: 6 Million
- Religion: 21% Protestant
- Known For: Surfing, pupusas, guanacos
- LAM presence since: 1922
Latin America Mission is engaged in El Salvador through sigh-language translation and deaf education, as well as outreach to children and youth. LAM began work in El Salvador in 1922 with a series of evangelism campaigns and has also served there through radio ministries and camping outreach.
El Salvador is geographically the smallest country in Central America, yet it has a larger economy than most of its neighbors. Known as the Land of Volcanoes, the country has frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It is a popular surfing destination. Guanacos — as Salvadorians are sometimes called — have also given the world a tasty gastronomical export in the pupusa, a typical food similar to are pas.
EL Salvador suffered a 12-year civil war, which cost the lives of 75,000 people and was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty outlining military and political reforms.
