After a Problematic Tutelage, El Salvador Emerges from a Bloody Epoch to See a Possibly Promising Future
After a year in office, one of the achievements brought about by the still completely untested Salvadoran administration of President Mauricio Funes, a space has been created for several innovative, yet not well known, projects like that of the University Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero (UMOAR). If successful, this entirely estimable institution, founded by Dr. Francisco Acosta Arevalo and his wife, Dr. Barbara Acosta, under the welcomed provisions of the 1992 Salvadoran Peace Accords, has become an important step in the direction of educational advancement in one of El Salvador’s poorest regions.
The burgeoning political landscape in El Salvador, coupled with the leadership, vision, and tenacity provided by the Acostas, allowed for the kind of educational institution UMOAR has become. Its rebirth reflected a stunning accomplishment in a region traditionally neglected by the country’s political elites. In order to create UMOAR, a small group of visionaries had to face huge obstacles in order to achieve fundamental change in El Salvador’s traditional ways of doing things.
This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Juan Pablo Pitarque
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