Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The First Family - onto El Salvador

The First Family leaves Chile and continues onto El Salvador.


US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama along with daughters Sasha and Malia, upon arrival on Air Force One in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and members of his family board Air Force One as they depart Chile March 22, 2011.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave as they depart from Chile in Santiago March 22, 2011. -----REUTERS/Luis Hidalgo


Sasha Obama, youngest daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama, is seen as they depart from Chile in Santiago March 22, 2011.
----REUTERS/Luis Hidalgo




US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet young school children upon arrival on Air Force One in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama take part in an arrival ceremony with El Salvador President Mauricio Funes (2nd R) and first lady Vonda Pignato (R) at the Casa Presidential in San Salvador March 22, 2011.
----REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque



U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (L) take part in an official arrival ceremony by El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (2nd R) and his wife at the National Palace in San Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk past an honor guard upon arrival on Air Force One in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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US President Barack Obama (R) and First Lady Michelle Obama (C) arrive at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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President Barack Obama, third from left, accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama, left, and his daughters, Malia, second from left and Sasha, fourth from left, partially hidden, walks upon his arrival to the international airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday March 22, 2011. Obama will end his Latin America tour with a two-day visit to El Salvador.
---Dario Lopez-Mills




U.S. President Barack Obama is welcomed by school children upon his arrival in San Salvador March 22, 2011.
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US president Barack Obama (L) smiles while listening to his Salvadorean counterpart Mauricio Funes (R) during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, on March 22, 2011. US President Barack Obama arrived in El Salvador on the last leg of a three-nation tour of Latin America.
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US president Barack Obama gestures during a joint press conference with his Salvadorean counterpart Mauricio Funes (out of frame) at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, on March 22, 2011. US President Barack Obama arrived in El Salvador on the last leg of a three-nation tour of Latin America.
----YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images


The president of The United States Barack Obama (2nd R), his wife Michelle (C), their daughters Sasha (L) and Malia and Salvador's Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez pose for a picture with Sherlyn Artiga and Diego Carpio -- both students of The United States of America School -- upon their arrival at the airport in San Salvador on March 22, 2011. US President Barack Obama arrived in El Salvador Tuesday on the last leg of a three-nation tour of Latin America.
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Salvadorean children present gifts to President Barack Obama, right, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia, left, upon their arrival at the international airport in San Salvador, El Salvador Tuesday March 22, 2011. President Obama will end his Latin America tour with a two day visit to El Salvador.
----Dario Lopez-Mills



The president of The United States Barack Obama (C), accompanied by his wife Michelle, receives the keys of the city of San Salvador from Mayor Norman Quijano (R), upon his arrival at the airport in the Salvadorean capital on March 22, 2011. US President Barack Obama arrived in El Salvador Tuesday on the last leg of a three-nation tour of Latin America. ----Jose CABEZAS/AFP/Getty Images


President Barack Obama, right, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha, left, and Malia, arrive at the international airport in San Salvador, El Salvador Tuesday March 22, 2011. President Obama will end his Latin America tour with a two day visit to El Salvador.
---Dario Lopez-Mills

US President Barack Obama (2nd L) speaks with President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes (C) as First Lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks with El Salvador's First Lady Vanda Pignato during an arrival ceremony at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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El Salvador President Mauricio Funes (2nd R) and First Lady Vanda Pignato (R) stand with US President Barack Obama (2nd L) aand First Lady Michelle Obama (L) during an arrival ceremony at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her El Salvadoran counterpart Vanda Pignato unveil a plaque during a visit to Ciudad Mujer Center in San Salvador March 22, 2011. Ciudad Mujer is support center for single mothers.
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama shake hands to her El Salvador's counterpart Vanda Pignato during a visit at Ciudad mujer Center in San Salvador March 22, 2011. Ciudad mujer is an attention to single mothers.
----REUTERS/Edgard Garrido


U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama paints a mural during a visit to a youth assistance program known as "Superate" in San Salvador March 22, 2011.
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama smiles as she paints a mural next to her daughter Sasha (C) during a visit to a youth assistance program known as "Superate" in San Salvador March 22, 2011.
---REUTERS/Edgard Garrido


U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and youths paint a mural during her visit to a youth assistance program known as "Superate" in San Salvador March 22, 2011.
----REUTERS/Edgard Garrido


First Lady Michelle Obama poses with young students after helping them paint a mural at the site of a USAID project called °SupÈrate! in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday March 22, 2011. The first lady and her daughters helped 30 °SupÈrate! students complete their community service project by painting a mural to decorate the centerís health clinic which will open next month.
-----Dario Lopez-Mills




U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) looks at a limited edition print with images of Archbishop Oscar Romero, which has been given to him as he tours the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador March 22, 2011. Standing with Obama are: El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (R), Archbishop of San Salvador Jose Luis Escobar Alas (L) and a translator. The structure on the right is the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero.





U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) tours the Metropolitan Cathedral with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) and Archbishop of San Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas (2nd R), in San Salvador March 22, 2011. The woman on the right is an unidentified translator.
----REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


US President Barack Obama (R), alongside Monsignor Jose Luis Escobar Alas (L), Archbishop of San Salvador, lights a candel at the Tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011. ----SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images