What's Up El Salvador

In looking around El Salvador some people see their definition of small business change. The concept shifts from a small building, with anywhere from several to a couple hundred employees, all the way down to a cart on any corner nobody has pushed you off of, and your 8 year old son at your side [...]

Industry happens. People who need stuff, either make it or find a way to get it. I have been told, and also observed, that there are not just two but three economies here. There is the formal economy (which I am making the effort to join, and is a very burdensome) the informal economy (which [...]

Today, October 1st, is El Dia Del Ninos in El Salvador, and I think the holiday is great. I did not know it was El Dia Del Nino until I was teaching a class and my students told me (they were providing a good reason to have no quiz). We had the quiz, and everyone [...]

I have had the good luck of several conversations with Federico Bolanos, and his wife Lilly Pacas, most well known internationally for their work with Viva Espresso. Most recently, Alejandro Mendez, a representative of the award winning coffee company surprised the world, by bringing home the first World Barista Championship to a coffee producing country. [...]