SHARE’s US Advocacy Program

SHARE’s advocacy program promotes the rights of the Salvadoran rural population to shape the development paths for their country by advocating for sustainable rural development policies and programs at the national and local levels. SHARE accompanies and strengthens advocacy efforts of partners in-country, and coordinates international advocacy initiatives in support of our Salvadoran partners.

The advocacy program makes a priority of addressing and offering alternatives to economic policies that deepen poverty and eliminate vital safety nets for the poor, including privatization of healthcare, the extension of free trade policies through negotiations of a Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and infrastructure projects such as the Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP).

Recently SHARE has concentrated its much of its efforts on continuing to build international alliances capable of showing strong opposition to CAFTA. In so doing we hope to renew negotiations and reshape national rural development policy in El Salvador so that it will benefit producers and consumers alike.

To achieve this goal, SHARE builds support in the United States through educating our base of supporters regarding free trade initiatives and the impact that they will have on the lives of everyday Salvadorans and especially the rural population. We also coordinate with other US-based NGOs, especially Salvadoran Americans and traditional solidarity organizations, in favor of fair trade over free trade and promoting sustainable development policy alternatives by lobbying and meeting with US policy makers.

Learn about Current Issues in El Salvador (pdf):

CAFTA and Trade Justice | CAFTA in its Second Year | International Law Enforcement Academy in El Salvador | Millennium Challenge Account 101 | Update on Mining in El Salvador | Plan Puebla Panama | Political Repression | Violence on the Rise
Violence Against Women | Water Pollution

Advocacy Headlines

• Environmental Justice in El Salvador

• Learn about the Millennium Challenge Account and how it will affect El Salvador!

• Be a Voice for the Voiceless! Engage in Activism on behalf of the Marginalized of El Salvador - Here's How!

• US Congress Takes Action on Metallic Mineral Mining in El Salvador! Read the letter sent to legislators in El Salvador from the US Congress!

• Read a Poll taken on Mining based on the Opinions of the Salvadoran People

• Educate your Community! Check out our Plan Puebla Panama Educational and Advocacy Handbook

• CAFTA: Read about the struggle in the US and in El Salvador against the Central American Free Trade Agreement

• Check out our Advocacy Annual Report on Advocacy