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War veteran Samuel Galdamez, who lost his lower legs in a mine explosion in 1985 during the civil war, uses crutches as he walks at the presidential house in San Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Galdamez attended a ceremony in which the government of El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes agreed to pay US$19 million in previously owed payments by past governments to war veterans and disabled war veterans.

El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes, left, shakes hands with war veterans at a ceremony in San Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Funes' government agreed to pay US$19 million in previously owed payments by past governments to war veterans and disabled war veterans.

Members of a rescue team who returned from Haiti to help victims of the earthquake hold diplomas of gratitude during a ceremony in San Salvador , Wednesday, Jan. 27 , 2010. The rescue team was thanked by the president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes.

Members of a rescue team who returned from Haiti to help victims of the earthquake hold diplomas of gratitude during a ceremony in San Salvador , Wednesday, Jan. 27 , 2009. The rescue team was thanked by the president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes.

El Salvador President, Mauricio Funes, center,gives a diploma of gratitude to an unidentified rescue team member who returned from Haiti to victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake during a ceremony in San Salvador, Wednesday, Jan. 27 , 2010. At right is Humberto Centeno, Minister of the Interior.

El Salvador President, Mauricio Funes, center,gives a diploma of gratitude to an unidentified rescue team member who returned from Haiti to victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake during a ceremony in San Salvador, Wednesday, Jan. 27 , 2009. At right is Humberto Centeno, Minister of the Interior.

Family members and clowns carry the coffin of the late Aristides Alfaro Samper, popularly known as Chirajito, during his funeral in San Salvador, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Alfaro, one of El Salvador's most popular circus clowns, died of a heart attack on Jan. 22 at age 74.

Clowns hold a picture of the late clown Aristides Alfaro Samper, popularly known as Chirajito, as they attend his funeral in San Salvador, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Alfaro, one of El Salvador's most popular circus clowns, died of a heart attack on Jan. 22 at age 74.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, center, poses with foreign ministers from East Asia and Latin America at a photo session at the opening session of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) foreign ministers meeting at a Tokyo hotel on Saturday January 16, 2010. From left to right, front row: Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos, Yu Myung-Hwan of South Korea, Hugo Roger Martinez of El Salvador, Bruno Stagno of Costa Rica, Jorge Taiana of Argentina, Hatoyama, Katsuya Okada of Japan, Marty Natalegawa of Indonesia, Jaime Bermudez of Colombia, Yang Jiechi of China, Hor Namhong of Cambodia and Prince Mohamed Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam; second row, Roberto Jaguaribe of Brazil, Bob McMullan of Australia, Pham Gia Khiem of Vietnam, Kasit Piromya of Thailand, Zainul Abidin Rasheed of Singapore, Alberto Romulo of Philippines and Hector Lacognata of Paraguay, Juan carlos Varela of Panama, Samuel santos of Nicaragua, Nyan Win of Myanmar, Patricia Espinosa of Mexico, Hugo Fernandez of Bolivia; third row, Damdin Tsogtbaatar of Mongolia, Seiko Ishikawa of Venezuela, Luis Almagro of Uruguay, Nestor Popolizio of Peru, Tony Browne of New Zealand and Kohilan Pillay of Malaysia, Lars Henrik Pira of Guatemala, Paulina Garcia of Ecuador, Jose manuel Trullols of Dominican republic, Marcos Rodriguez of Cuba, Daniel Carvallo of Chile.

Workers load a container with aid to Haiti's earthquake victims into a plane at a military base in Comalapa, El Salvador, Friday, Jan. 15, 2009. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday.

A worker of the U.N. World Food Program pulls a cart with boxes containing protein biscuits to be sent to Haiti at their warehouse in Comalapa, El Salvador, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday.

An immigration worker, left, watches men arrive after being deported from Texas at the international airport in Comalapa, El Salvador, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

Salvadorans exit a plane as they are deported from Texas at the international airport in Comalapa, El Salvador, Tuesday , Jan. 12, 2010.