http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/222/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - El Salvador El Salvador Reviving the School of the Americas? http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83025 A new U.S.-run police-training school in El Salvador's capital is drawing comparisons to the notorious military schools that trained some of Latin America's worst human rights offenders, writes Wes Enzinna. The Ripple Effect of U.S. Counter-Terrorism Laws http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/151874/1/ In the years following the ratification of the extremely controversial USA PATRIOT Act, other countries across the world, including the Philippines and El Salvador, have introduced equally contentious counter-terrorism statutes that have had serious implications on civil rights, say advocates. El Salvador: Justice tied up http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75644 El Salvador’s bloody 1980-1991 war left 2,393 disappeared, according to the country’s Truth Commission, established after the January 1992 Peace Accords between the Nationalist Republican Alliance government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Save the Children: El Salvador http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75527 Save the Children has worked in El Salvador since 1979, responding to the needs of children and communities affected by poverty. ENVIRONMENT-EL SALVADOR: Carbon Is the Biz http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/140383/1/ SAN SALVADOR, Oct 4 (IPS) - El Salvador is studying the Kyoto Protocol carefully, not because it has to cut its emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, but because this international agreement opens a way to earn profits and encourages investment for development. Not For Sale: El Salvador's Movement Against Water Privatization http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/74834 When residents in Santa Eduviges entered their second month without running water, everyone knew something had to be done. A meeting was called. Community members expressed outrage that the water company's $7 per month bill always arrived on time, but taps barely flowed. Putting Mining in the Public Eye http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73770 To inform locals of the social and environmental costs of mining, as well as their rights to oppose it, a "Central American Week of Action Against Mining" was organized recently. Fighting for the Right to Healthcare http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73361 Dr. Juan Manuel Canales has spent 25 years assisting poor peasant and indigenous communities in El Salvador and Chiapas, on the Mexico-Guatemala border, to demand their right to healthcare. He's been given this year's Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights. Salvadoran Government Reluctantly Acknowledges Responsibility for http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71300 against a large banner backdrop boasting a picture of the government Commission on Disappeared Children’s first reencounter, amidst cries of “The president should be here” from family members of the disappeared, Chancellor of the Republic of El Salvador Francisco Laínez publicly expressed regret to the Serrano Cruz family on behalf of the Salvadoran government, but failed to explicitly ask them for forgiveness. El Salvador protest for climate protection http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69109 Two hundred El Salvadorean women who suffered during the recent floods and volcanic eruption staged a protest demanding greater protection against extreme climatic phenomena. New Initiative Targets AIDS in Central America http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68926 In an effort to scale up HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention efforts, PAHO hopes to stem the growing epidemic in Central America, paying particular attention to the effects of the disease on vulnerable populations such as children and the poor. El Salvador fears killer volcano could erupt again http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68345 A volcano that killed two and forced thousands to flee could roar to life again, after a century asleep. New Gold Rush Revives Old ''Development'' Model http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67371 When the price of gold started to rise in recent years, investors turned their attention back to Central America, where long-identified mineral deposits can now be extracted with new technologies based on the leaching of gold using cyanide and the enforcement of regulations on the industry is notoriously lax. PDF Document. The global networked readiness in education survey http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/114653/1/ The Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning. Central American Experts in U.S. to Lobby Against Trade Deal http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/65071 As the U.S. Congress prepares to consider the free trade treaty with Central America known as CAFTA, Oxfam America's partners from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sent fair trade advocates to Washington D.C. The representatives gave firsthand accounts of the adverse consequences of CAFTA on small farmers, agricultural workers, indigenous people, and the environment in Central America. Hear their stories.