Bernardo Belloso
Bernardo Belloso is the former president of the Asociación para el Desarrollo de El Salvador [Association for the Development of El Salvador, CRIPDES], where he worked to organize more than 300 rural communities in five departments of El Salvador. Currently, he is a member of the Asociación Fundación para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Comunal de El Salvador [Foundation for Community Development and Cooperation, CORDES]. Belloso was born in San Vicente, El Salvador, where he has been working on diverse environmental issues. Active in Salvadoran social movements since 1995, his work focuses on youth leadership in rural communities and on environmental justice. He is part of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica de El Salvador [National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador], involved in the anti-mining struggle. He also partakes in the Alianza Nacional contra la Privatización del Agua [National Network against Water Privatization].