El Salvador’s deal is essentially a refinancing of a portion of its debt. The savings earned through that maneuver is what the country has committed to spending on conservation of the Lempa River.

El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. In the community of Santa Rosa de Lima, a two-hour drive from the capital San Salvador, wastewater still flows directly into the San Sebastian river ...

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - El Salvador has sealed a new-style debt buyback deal where savings generated will be used to fund conservation of the country's main river and its watershed.

El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. The runoff from a gold mine upstream, already shuttered two decades ago, has long killed them all.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One of Central America’s longest rivers will be the primary beneficiary of El Salvador’s deal to refinance $1 billion of debt with support from the United ...

El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish.In the community of Santa Rosa de Lima, a two-hour drive from the capital San Salvador, wastewater still flows directly into the San Sebastian river from ...

In the deal announced by both governments this week, El Salvador committed the $350 million it will save to conservation projects benefitting the Lempa River, which provides two-thirds of the ...