The Esperanza Project

Salvadoran environmental activists put their lives on the line SAN ISIDRO, Cabañas, El Salvador – I came to this quiet mountain community last week for a commemoration ceremony for...

0July 17, 2010
Salvadoran environmental activists put their lives on the line

SAN ISIDRO, Cabañas, El Salvador – I came to this quiet mountain community last week for a commemoration ceremony for...
0July 15, 2010
Podcast: Oscar Romero lives on in anti-mining movement

SAN ISIDRO, Cabañas, El Salvador – Cabañas is the second-poorest department in El Salvador, at the heart of a region...
0July 14, 2010
Cultural Survival: Using radio to preserve endangered cultures

ANTIGUA, Guatemala – Between trips to the Guatemalan capital to stalk evasive Congress members and strategizing meetings with community radio...
2July 12, 2010
The Raccoons make their mark on Guatemala City

You wouldn’t know it from a drive across town, but crisscrossing the chaotic sprawl of Guatemala City is a network...
2June 30, 2010
Planting the Kingdom of God in Sibinal

SIBINAL, San Marcos, Guatemala – Juan Pablo Morales and Nate Howard come from vastly different religious traditions, social circumstances and...
0June 26, 2010
Sipacapa five years later: Still not for sale?

SIPACAPA, Guatemala – For many Guatemalans, the very name of this town has become a symbol of the indigenous resistance...

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Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine: “Development for death”
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