Nayib Bukele won 53% of the vote and will be El Salvador’s next president. Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of the capital San Salvador….Continue Reading
Battle over water in El Salvador continues
On an overcast morning on June 21st, our partners at La Coordinadora del Bajo Lempa and the Mangrove Association rallied more than 900 people representing 31 social organizations and communities from across the Bay of Jiquilisco watershed to march for Salvadorans’ right to water. The protest was part of a nationwide mobilization calling on legislators to stop considering a […]
Stop water privatization in El Salvador – Add your voice!
Salvadorans are once again debating a water law that they fear would effectively lead to the privatization of water infrastructure, services, and the resource itself….Continue Reading
2018 elections prompt FMLN reality check
Voters delivered a resounding ‘no’ to the FMLN this past weekend, expressing their lack of confidence in the leftist party and reaffirming the need for politicians to return to the grassroots. The municipal and legislative elections that took place in El Salvador Sunday, March 4, dealt a big blow to the ruling progressive party, […]
Mangrove Restoration Beginning to Bear Fruit
Sometimes, progress means helping nature do what it does best. This seems to be the case for a once-barren 200-acre piece of land surrounded by lush mangrove forests in El Salvador. Mangrove forests provide a vast array of valuable ecosystem services and play a critical role in climate change mitigation and adaptation; they sequester carbon, […]
