THE MAKERS: Why Would Anyone Leave Michelin-Starred Kitchens in France for El Salvador?
By Tony Mejia
Coming soon... A Salvadoran chef's biggest decision wasn't leaving home—it was coming back.
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ON THE FRONTLINES • 2026 Five People Shaping El Salvador's Future
Some people don't just witness change. They help create it. On the Frontlines • 2026 is Build El Salvador's annual series highlighting five individuals whose ideas, businesses, creativity, and leadership are helping shape the country's future. From entrepreneurs and innovators to community leaders and storytellers,
THE MAKERS: One Woman. One Farmhouse. One Decision That Changed Everything | Official Trailer
By Kiki Offutt Documented by Judith Price Coming Soon... A woman leaves Texas, pays for an old farmhouse in El Salvador with Bitcoin, and begins rebuilding it into an Airbnb—alone. What starts as a construction project becomes something much bigger: a story about resilience, reinvention, and finding home in
The Day People Started Building Again
By Paloma Montiel · Contributor The first time I drove that road, I barely noticed the houses. I noticed the view. You couldn't not notice the view; the hillside dropped away toward the Pacific, and the water caught the light in a way that made it hard to keep
Nothing in El Salvador Makes Sense Until You Understand the Land
By Marco Reyes — Contributor It started as an ordinary morning at a café in San Salvador. Coffee. Laptop open. Interview notes from the day before spread across the table in no particular order. Then the building moved. Not a tremor. An earthquake. The hanging lights swung hard enough to hit