Truthout
El Salvador
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El Salvador Restores Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change
Local organizations and the environment ministry in El Salvador launched a plan aimed at tackling environmental problems in an integral manner.
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The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining – and the World Bank – Out of El Salvador
Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold mining firm's shakedown of one of Central America's poorest countries.
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Golden Weapons of Destruction Take Aim at El Salvador
Why do companies have the right to sue countries over environmental protection measures?
“Deporter-in-Chief” to Reach 2 Million Mark
Despite record numbers of immigrants deported, immigrant rights groups across the country have resisted draconian measures to destroy American families.
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Dahr Jamail | Salvadoran Farmers Successfully Oppose the Use of Monsanto Seeds
Farmers across El Salvador united to block a stipulation in a US aid package to their country that would have indirectly required the purchase of Monsanto genetically modified seeds.
The US Re-Militarization of Central America and Mexico
In a letter sent to Obama and the region's other presidents last year, over 145 civil society organizations called out US policies that “promote militarization to address organized crime.”
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Seeds of Food Sovereignty Grow in the Shadow of CAFTA
In the face of mounting pressure from free trade agreements and transnational corporations, the people who produce, distribute, and consume food are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain a …
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Saint John Paul II? Really?
John Paul II doesn't deserve the rush to canonize him.
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El Salvador’s Election: Not Like the Old Days
The election of the FMLN's Salvador Su00e1nchez Ceru00e9n to El Salvador's presidency in a clean election with a minimum of outside interference represents a victory in itself.
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Crowd Control, Political Revolt and the Accumulation of More
Even the teleprompter must know that it is the beast in the belly of the news reports, more of them every day in print and en blog, about income …