Is Mining Money Behind the Arrest of Salvadoran Water Defenders?
The five detainees include leaders of the campaign that won the world’s first metals mining ban in 2017 — a ban the cash-strapped government may be moving to overturn.
251 Organizations from 29 countries call on Salvadoran government to drop the charges against leading Water Defenders arrested on January 11
Organizaciones internacionales piden al gobierno salvadoreño que retire los cargos contra Defensores del Agua detenidos el 11 de enero [TEXTO EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO]
Institute for Policy Studies calls on Salvadoran government to release from prison leading Water Defenders arrested on January 11
Hundreds of groups around the world worked with the Salvadoran Water Defenders in the successful campaign to save the country’s rivers from toxic gold mining. They join in demanding the release of the five Water Defenders and to allow them to await their trial in their community.
The End of Dissent
Foreign agent laws in Russia, El Salvador, and elsewhere threaten the entire international edifice of laws and institutions that support the right to dissent.
Democratic Progress in Honduras, Setbacks in El Salvador
The last decade saw democratization in El Salvador and brutal repression in Honduras. Suddenly, those trends appear to have reversed.
Ending Latin America’s Sewage Decade
The victory of Xiomara Castro in Honduras is a sign that region is ready to exit its lost decade.
The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed
In a battle to protect their rivers and waterways, the people of El Salvador came together to ban mineral mining.
BOOK: The Water Defenders
How ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed.
The Elections in El Salvador Could Make or Break Biden’s Central America Policy
President Nayib Bukele has been acting more and more like an authoritarian.
El Salvador’s President Sent Troops to Occupy the Legislature. Here’s What’s Going On.
Nayib Bukele is popular with the people, but not with lawmakers.
I Live in a ‘Shithole Country.’ It’s Called the United States.
A country’s greatness is measured not by its richest, but by how it treats its most vulnerable members. By that measure, we’re a certified shithole.
Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?
OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019?
Don’t Believe the Trump Administration: MS-13 is Not Ravaging the United States.
The Central American gang is a big problem in Central America — and an object of scare tactics here.
Transnational Latino Gangs and Iron Fist Gang Policies
Join us in welcoming author Sonja Wolf, author of “Mano Dura: The Politics of Gang Control in El Salvador” for a book signing and discussion with her and other experts.
Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador
There have been two giant wins for democracy, human rights, and the environment in an unlikely spot: the small, embattled nation of El Salvador. What lessons can be learned, and can nations and activists build on these two victories?