In this video, local leaders speak out about the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s commitment to protect the Bay of Jiquilisco in El Salvador and the species that live there. Leaders who have been stewards of this precious wetland and mangrove forest will continue to champion sustainability throughout the implementation of MCC compact. **For English Subtitles, click […]
Millennium Challenge Corporation Stalls on Compact Signing
U.S. Embassy and foreign aid agency condition assistance on questionable reforms that could worsen rule-of-law issues in El Salvador. Click here for more articles on our advocacy work. Last Wednesday afternoon, representatives in El Salvador’s national assembly were scheduled to convene an ad-hoc legislative commission to discuss specific reforms to El Salvador’s Public-Private Partnership law, or PPP […]
EcoViva Advocacy Work in Oakland
Today EcoViva staffers Dionicia Lara and Yael Falicov met with staff at the office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) office at the Federal Building in Oakland to discuss the proposed $280 million package of infrastructure projects proposed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US government agency, for coastal El Salvador. We also asked the […]
Salvadoran Leaders Visit D.C. to Discuss U.S. Foreign Aid Agenda on May 16th
Press Release Washington, D.C. – Under the prospect of hundreds of millions in new U.S. development aid headed for El Salvador, local and national leaders will meet with members of U.S. Congress and the Obama Administration this month to discuss the future of their country. Estela Hernández, recently sworn in as a Representative in the […]
Big Tourism on the Horizon?
This year, El Salvador will complete one milestone in its ongoing relationship with the United States government, and likely set forth towards another. As Americans are heading to the polls this November, El Salvador will be completing a five-year, $461 million aid package of infrastructure and development funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). All […]
