History of Teosinte

The people in El Higueral, Izotalillo, Teosinte and Nueva Esperanza are subsistence farmers, and were refugees during the Salvadoran conflict in the 80's, some of them in Honduras, others internally displaced within El Salvador.

During the late 80's many committees formed in the US and Canada to support them in their efforts to return to their villages and rebuild their lives. The inspiration for this effort came from the stories of the suffering of these people through those years, when their villages were destroyed by US sponsored military batallions, and many of their relatives and family members were murdered.