El Salvador Rising
Tom Hayden
With the election of Mauricio Funes, El Salvador has its first elected progressive government in 188 years. How will it face the nation's many challenges?


Tom Hayden
With the election of Mauricio Funes, El Salvador has its first elected progressive government in 188 years. How will it face the nation's many challenges?

Roberto Lovato
Shaking off the legacy of dictatorship, the people elect the FMLN's Mauricio Funes.
New America Media
A leftist party has won El Salvador's presidency for the first time in history. Newly elected President Mauricio Funes discusses his plans.
Roberto Lovato & Josue Rojas
Mauricio Funes, president-elect of El Salvador, talks of the meaning of his recent victory, aspirations for his administration and the inspiration provided by the late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero.
Scott Greathead & Michael Posner : Human Rights
The brother of one of four US churchwomen murdered in El Salvador used his legal skills to bring their killers to justice.
Wes Enzinna : US Foreign Policy
A new anti-terrorism law gives El Salvador carte blanche to stifle dissent.
George McGovern & Jim McGovern : Human Rights
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, George McGovern and Representative Jim McGovern journey to El Salvador to assess what has changed and how the legacy of the churchwomen affect human rights worldwide.
An exhibit at the International Center of Photography
showcasing the brutal images of the civil war in El Salvador should
remind the Pentagon and the public that the "Salvador Option" currently
considered by the military leads directly to the charnel house.
El Salvador today is an Exhibit A casualty of the American imperium.
