Salvador Sánchez Cerén, the current vice president and one-time top guerrilla commander during the 1980-92 civil war, was declared president-elect on Monday by El Salvador's national electoral tribunal.

El Salvador's electoral council says vice-president Salvador Sánchez Cerén of the leftist FMLN has an "irreversible" lead. Conservative Norman Quijano demands a recount.

An official recount is underway in El Salvador after the presidential election results were too close to call.

Both candidates have claimed victory, though the electoral council says that with 99.9% of votes tallied, it's too close to call.

Forbes will be launching its Central American version this March with its first issue listing the wealthiest people in the region.

Castaway José Salvador Alvarenga, who survived a 13-month ordeal at sea, is back in the hospital after his appearance before cameras sparked rumors of his story's veracity.

The two Central American countries held their first round of presidential elections earlier this week, to be followed by a runoff in ensuing months. In El Salvador, leftist Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and in Costa Rica, center-left Luis Guillermo Solís are in the lead.

A Salvadorean nun in Italy has given birth after she felt stomach cramps and was rushed to hospital.

Well over 2,000 people have been evacuated from the area around Chaparrastique volcano after it erupted on Sunday.

The eruption of Chaparrastique volcano in El Salvador has sent thousands of residents fleeing the area surrounding the volcano.