Erica Terence works with Klamath Riverkeeper and the Waterkeeper Alliance. She traveled from her home watershed in the Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and Northern California to spend six months in Mexico and South America between October and March. Her last stop was El Salvador, where she aimed to exchange stories, strategies and other […]
Archives for April 2014
Bending Aid Toward Business
How business drives U.S. foreign policy, and what to do about it. In September of 2010, President Obama unveiled a sweeping vision for global development. At a UN speech, he promised to elevate sustainable development as a pillar of U.S. foreign power, fundamental in fostering national security and U.S. interests at home and overseas. He […]
Social services assured for thousands of Salvadorans
This week, the Salvadoran National Assembly passed El Salvador’s most comprehensive social pact to date with its citizens. The “Development and Social Protection Law” institutionalizes 14 existing social and development programs which currently target the most vulnerable sectors of society. The law’s backers, including the outgoing Funes administration, say that this new law provides much-needed […]
