A maximum-security prison in COVID-19 lockdown is an unlikely place and an unlikely time for spiritual revival. Or so you’d think. El Boquerón Prison is.
The city of San Salvador was built at the foot of the volcano of the same name, and the risk of landslides that cause tragedies is always present, such as the one that occurred in September 1982, in which some 500 people died in the capital of El Salvador. Turning it into a sponge city is the new initiative to reduce the impact of these phenomena. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala/IPS
SAN SALVADOR, Dec 18 2020 (IPS) - The San Salvador volcano is a gift of nature for the inhabitants of the capital who live at its foot, a gigantic green lung that gives them oxygen and fresh air. But it is also a curse.
The city of San Salvador was built at the foot of the volcano of the same name, and the risk of landslides that cause tragedies is always present, such as the one that occurred in September 1982, in which some 500 people died in the capital of El Salvador. Turning it into a sponge city is the new initiative to reduce the impact of these phenomena. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala/IPS
SAN SALVADOR, Dec 18 2020 (IPS) - The San Salvador volcano is a gift of nature for the inhabitants of the capital who live at its foot, a gigantic green lung that gives them oxygen and fresh air. But it is also a curse.