El Salvador

In El Salvador, dollar coins, including the Presidential one dollar coins are even more common than the bill.

For several years, metal mining has been banned in El Salvador, and citizen groups are now working to enact a permanent nationwide ban.

Local communities are addressing the root causes of poverty and violence, from the lack of educational and economic opportunities to environmental degradation.

Beverly Bell interviews Miguel Ramirez, National Coordinator of the Organic Agriculture Movement of El Salvador, about agroecology as a tool for liberation.

El Salvador has one of the most archaic abortion laws in the world, denying women autonomy over their bodies.

A ceremony attended by 300,000 people was held on May 23, in the city of San Salvador to honor and celebrate the beatification of El Salvador's deceased Archbishop Oscar …

Four activists were arrested this morning at the Embassy of El Salvador where they staged a sit-in to call attention to 17 Salvadoran women currently serving extreme prison sentences …

After years of foreign encroachment on resources, democracy is keeping mining out of El Salvador.

Advocates have prevented the bioengineering company from forcing its chemical-laden products into the country.

Three years after the rights of El Salvador's indigenous people were recognised in the constitution, there are still no public policies.