Abstract: War and postwar are also causes to take into account when talking about depredation of natural resources. Military strategies provoke massive deforestation on purpose, to achieve advantage over an enemy. But after wars are ended, situations don’t automatically improve in the affected countries. In El Salvador, after the war […]

  Abstract: For women in El Salvador, living in the city and having a steady job are not a guarantee for overcoming poverty. Thousands of female workers in sectors such as domestic service, and the textile and clothing industry, work for low wages with which they must keep their families. And they are […]

Abstract: The discussion about the contrast between development and sustainability seems dense and abstract. In El Salvador, however, there is a clear example of the need to seek a balance between both: the controversy over the attempt to pass a Water Act. The project entered the Legislative Assembly on March […]

Abstract: During the economic and fiscal crises the world has faced recently, austerity has taken center stage in plans to restore order to the public finances of the countries affected. But, what happens when countries have problems of low growth? Can you reduce government spending without deepening economic crises? The example of Europe […]

Abstract: Intipucá is a very small, dusty and hot town in rural El Salvador. However, it used to be one of the richest towns in the country. Said richness, however, depended not on its agricultural products (coffee, cotton, sugar cane), but solely on  the money sent by the locals who […]