President Mauricio Funes of the leftist Farabundo Martà National Liberation Front took office a year ago in El Salvador. The former TV journalist was elected on the ticket of the FMLN, this after a 12-year civil war and after the former Marxist revolutionary group turned into a mainstream political party. The right wing Arena Party had ruled the country since the end of the civil war. How’s Funes done in his first year in office? Reporter Ambar Espinoza addresses that question as we plan our reporting trip to Central America.
El Salvador
July 18th, 2010 | By Mary Stucky
Remember the “Marxist Threat” in Central America in the 1980s?
July 7th, 2010 | By Mary Stucky
Our Central America Project
Gold mining in El Salvador: Pacific Rim verdict expected in August 2010
As we get closer to our trip to Central America, we will be blogging about some of the most important issues facing the region. One of the most contentious issues facing the country of El Salvador is gold mining. Is it an economic boon or an environmental disaster? From journalist Ambar Espinoza, the latest on the case involving the so-called Pacific Rim mine.
January 12th, 2010 | By Mary Stucky
In El Salvador, War Wounds Still Fresh
From journalist Ambar Espinoza in El Salvador, the country of her birth:
My family took m
e to El Puerto de La Libertad, which is a port that was established in 1824. The pier was built in 1829 to export indigo and coffee to Europe and the United States. Ships no longer come to this harbor to load and unload cargo because the pier eventually became too old and antiquated. Now trade takes place at El Puerto de Acajutla, which has a far more sophisticated infrastructure.
January 1st, 2010 | By Mary Stucky
Questions for Ambar Espinoza
How horrifying to live in a country where one must believe these telephone calls and do what the caller demands. The situation is different in Nicaragua where we interviewed former gang members in Managua (photo left). About El Salvador, three essential questions arise.
December 31st, 2009 | By Mary Stucky
From El Salvador: What has changed and what has not
Ambar Espinoza, one of the journalists mentored by Round Earth, is in El Salvador. Here are her reflections from her first afternoon back in the country of her birth after many years.
December 29th, 2009 | By Mary Stucky
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