Progressive Activists Face Danger in El Salvador

El Salvador elected its first progressive president last year, Mauricio Funes, a member of the F.M.L.N.  Yet the recent violent deaths of environmental activists within the country who have been pushing back against gold mining in the area have many asking if the old days of death squads are completely over.

We speak to Guillermo Chacon and Yanira Arias of the Salvadoran American National Network about the deaths of the activists, the involvement of transnational companies with U.S. subsidiaries, and what the U.S. can do to help.