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Backgrounder: The Millennium Challenge Corporation
Over the last year, we’ve been posting quite a bit about the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation and its activities in El Salvador. This post is meant to provide some background information on the government institution and how it relates to our work. Established by Congress in 2004 under the Bush administration, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) […]
Protecting El Salvador’s Largest Wetland From the Bottom Up
Read the original article on National Geographic; This post is the last in a series of three posts about the Jiquilisco region of El Salvador written by Brad Nahill, co-founder of SEETurtles. Read the other two articles here: Seeds of Change and Starting from Scratch. Four imposing volcanoes watched over us as we ate dinner on […]
Community Leaders from El Salvador ready for meetings in Washington D.C.
On June 25th and 26th, members of EcoViva’s Staff and Board of Directors will accompany community leaders from El Salvador in meetings in Washington D.C. The delegation will meet with Congressional staff and federal agencies to discuss the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s upcoming investment in El Salvador. In these meetings, the delegation will highlight the importance […]
El Salvador’s Dance between Development and Displacement
by Carlos Martinez Originally published in the April 2013 issue of NACLA The mangrove trees surrounding El Salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay, with their sprawling, scraggly roots, have been described as botanical amphibians because they depend on both land and sea for their survival. In many ways, the communities surrounding the bay reflect the mangrove’s amphibious nature. […]
