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President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with El Salvador President Mauricio Funes at the Presidential House in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday. The final stop on his three-country Latin American tour and the only one in Central America, Obama promised attention to increasing trade and economic growth, fighting drug trafficking and creating opportunities so that people can find work in their home countries and 'don't feel like they have to head north to provide for their families.' Luis Romero/AP
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President Barack Obama with Monsignor Jose Escobar (l.) and President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes stop at the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero, during a tour of the National Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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First Lady of El Salvador Vanda Pignato (l.) and First Lady Michelle Obama acknowledge the cheers of the crowd during the inauguration of the Ciudad Mujer women's center in San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP
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First Lady Michelle Obama (c.) helps paint a mural with students at the site of a USAID project called ¡Supérate! in San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday. The first lady and her daughters, (pictured in background) helped 30 students complete their community service project by painting a mural to decorate the center’s health clinic which will open next month. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP
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First Lady Michelle Obama talks with young students after helping them paint a mural at the site of a USAID project in San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP
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A man carries a caricature of President Barack Obama during a protest against Obama's visit in San Salvador on Tuesday. Reuters
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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha arrive in San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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President Barack Obama greets children on the tarmac upon his arrival in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday. President Obama will end his Latin America tour with a two-day visit to El Salvador. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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School children wave US flags and Salvadorian flags at the international airport prior to the arrival of President Barack Obama in San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP
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President Barack Obama is escorted by Chilean officials prior to his departure in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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US President Barack Obama listens to Chile's President Sebastian Pinera before their official state dinner at the government palace La Moneda in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Obama is in Chile as part of a three-country, five-day tour of Latin America. Roberto Candia/AP
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First Lady Michelle Obama, her daughters Malia and Sasha, and Chile's first lady Cecilia Morell, left, wave as they pose for pictures with folk dancers during a visit to the Mirador Interactive Museum, in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Aliosha Marquez/AP
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to students during a visit to a public school in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Fernando Nahuel/AP
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Children hold the US and Chilean flags as they wait for the arrival of First Lady Michelle Obama for a visit to a public school in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Fernando Nahuel/AP
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President Barack Obama smiles as he delivers a speech at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. Obama arrived in Brazil on Saturday for the start of a three-country, five-day tour of Latin America. Victor R. Caivano/AP
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US President Barack Obama, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, and Chile's first lady Cecilia Morel, wave as First Lady Michelle Obama smiles during a welcoming ceremony at La Moneda government palace in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Roberto Candia/AP
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Barack Obama, his daughters Malia (bottom l.) and Sasha, and his wife Michelle walk down the steps from Air Force One moments after landing in Santiago on Monday. The Obamas arrived from Brazil as they continue a three-country tour of Latin America. Luis Hidalgo/Reuters
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Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Sebastian Pinera, and Cecilia Morel listen to the American National Anthem during an arrival ceremony at La Moneda Palace Monday. Susan Walsh/AP
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Obama is escorted by Chile's Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno as they pass by military guards during the airport arrival ceremony in Santiago. Luis Hidalgo/Reuters
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The Obama family tours the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Obama practices his soccer dribbling as he plays with local children during his tour of the Cidade de Deus Favela in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Obama and his wife greet local performers during a tour of the Cidade de Deus on Sunday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Obama watches a music performance by local students during his tour of the Cidade de Deus. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Obama is seen on a TV screen in a bar while delivering a speech in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Felipe Dana/AP
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Using mime, socialist groups protest President Obama's visit in Rio on Sunday. Sergio Moraes/Reuters
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Members of socialist organizations protest Obama's visit in Rio on Sunday. Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Obama stands with his wife after arriving to Planalto palace in Brasilia on Saturday. Eraldo Peres/AP
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People drive past a banner that reads 'Welcome President Obama,' in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Saturday. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes said Saturday he is gratified that Obama is including his small country in a tour of Latin America, saying the visit dispels fears relations would suffer under El Salvador's first leftist government. Luis Romero/AP
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Obama listens to the US national anthem as he stands with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Planalto palace in Brasilia on Saturday. Eraldo Peres/AP
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Michelle Obama watches a demonstration of capoeira, traditional Brazilian martial art converted into dance, during a cultural performance in Brasilia on Saturday with young Brazilians who have participated in a range of US-sponsored development programs. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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Graphic: President Obama's expected itinerary on his first tour of Latin America. Rich Claubaugh/Staff
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The Ecuadorian court suspended the libel hearing today, amid international criticism that President Rafael Correa is quashing free speech.
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Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer /
January 24, 2012
Guillermo Granja/Reuters
A much-awaited appeal hearing on the case of an Ecuadorian newspaper sued by the country's president was suspended today amid growing charges that President Rafael Correa is squashing free speech in this Andean nation.