The Torn Pocket of Father State
The Salvadoran state is like a father who has many children. It is in debt, has limited wages, has maxed out its credit cards and overdrawn its checking account, and [...]
Region el-salvador
Welcome (back) to Intipucá: economía de consumo y migración fallida en El Salvador
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, [...]
The lady in the pictures: distant mothers, successful professionals and burnout syndrome
My friends find it hard to believe that I have no childhood memories of my mother. Sure there are pictures in her photo albums that prove that she was indeed [...]
Exportando nostalgia: productos salvadoreños en los Estados Unidos
Abstract: The big amount of Salvadoran migrants living in the USA has become a business opportunity for small and medium enterprises, which have organized themselves to export certain products that [...]
La fuga de cerebros: una salvadoreña en la NASA
Abstract: Rita Laura Melgar is a 27 year old Salvadorean, who became a mother when she was 16. As a brilliant student, she managed herself to finish her secondary and [...]
Las “mujeres mantenidas”
Abstract: The stay-at-home women around the world make a big contribution to global economy. The unrecognized work of women engaged in unpaid domestic work can equate to 40% of Gross [...]
El bolsillo roto de papá Estado
Abstract: At the end of 2012, the debt of El Salvador reached $13,480.1 million, about 56.5% of the Gross Domestic Product. The Government has a limited income but a growing [...]
The Drought Strikes Back: Power Production in Central America
Abstract: Hydroelectric power is very much like petrol: no one thinks we’ll ever run out of it until we do. Water is bountiful in Central America, you may think; we have [...]
La carísima paz
You can live in relative peace in El Salvador, if you have the resources to afford it. There’s a direct relation between how poor people are, and how vulnerable they are in front of the country’s violence and insecurity.
A minority, the same portion of the population with de higher income, can buy “peace”, in the form of private security services, bodyguards, armored vehicles or extra secured houses.
But the rest, the people with lower income, have to deal with robbery, violations, extortions, and other types of violence.
Minería y agua: caso Cerro Blanco (Guatemala-El Salvador)
Abstract: In El Salvador, where access to potable water is yet to be acknowledged by the law as a guarantee to all citizens, therefore forcing the government to ensure it [...]
En búsqueda de la supervivencia laboral en El Salvador
Abstract: In El Salvador, there aren’t many options for students after they finish their high school or university studies. Unemployment or underemployment is quite common, especially for young, fresh graduates [...]
Small farmers in El Salvador and the recurrent nightmare of the rainy season
For us Salvadorans, Durban, South Africa is a long way from home. Many of us could not even locate it on a map. However, as Durban is currently holding the [...]
