El Salvador gets first Cuban ambassador since 1960s

[EFerrari]

Published: Monday October 19, 2009 MYT 8:04:00 AM
El Salvador gets first Cuban ambassador since 1960s

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - The first Cuban ambassador to El Salvador since the early 1960s has presented his credentials, the government of leftist President Mauricio Funes said Sunday.

Funes re-established diplomatic relations with the island after taking office in June, almost a half-century after ties were broken at the height of the Cold War.

The Salvadoran Foreign Relations Ministry said Sunday that Ambassador Pedro Pablo Prada Quintero presented his accreditation to Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez.

In another sign of changing times, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador, Msgr. Jose Luis Escobar Alas, said Sunday that he does not object to the government's decision to use the army to combat what he called "out-of-control" violent crime.

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