Salamá

Salamá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Baja Verapaz and it is situated at 940 m above sea level. The municipality of Salamá, for which the city of Salamá serves as the administrative centre, covers a total surface area of 776 km² and contains 40,000 people.

History

Salamá was settled as a doctrine by the Order of Preachers in the 1550s, as part of the Tezulutlán Capitulations that friar Bartolome de las Casas lobbied from the Crown. The friars had thousand of acres with hills, forest, a section of the plain and abundant water supply. Both location and weather were ideal for vines; the characteristic soil and dried grass from the rest of the plain was replaced by vines thanks to a superb irrigation system the friars built inspired by the Romans.

After the independence in 1821, the Central Ameran liberal criollos tried to remove the Catholic Church from power, along with the Guatemalan aristocrats of the Aycinena family. By 1829, the liberal forces of general Francisco Morazán expelled both the aristocrats and the regular orders from Central America, including the Order of Preachers, one of the richest; in Salamá, they had to left behind their monastery, church and vines which were confiscated by the Guatemalan State government, but remained abandoned due to the political turmoil of the times.

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Salam (newspaper)

Salam (Peace in English) was a Persian newspaper published in Iran. It was very influential publication in the country during its brief existence from 1991 to 1999.

History and profile

Salam was established by a group of reformist people attached to the Association of Combatant Clerics on 9 February 1991. The name of the paper was given by Ahmad Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini's son. It was the first reformist daily published following the Islamic revolution in Iran. The paper, based in Tehran, became one of the most read dailies in the country soon after its launch.

The publisher of Salam was Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha and remained in the post until 1999 when it was disestablished.

In addition to quality editorials, it provided investigative articles about financial scandals. In fact, it was among the first newspapers in the country dealing with injustice and corruption. The paper also included a special section, in which readers wrote their comments or raised questions.

The daily was anti-American and had social democrat and liberal stances. It criticized Ali Akbar Rafsanjani while he was serving as the President and advocated the next President Mohammad Khatami during his election champaign.