Alexander Contreras sits on a tree to take a virtual university class on his cellphone because it is the only place where he has signal, during a quarantine throughout the country as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Atiquizaya, El Salvador April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
ATIQUIZAYA, El Salvador (Reuters) - When Alexander Contreras and his father planted a guava tree next to their house in rural El Salvador six years ago, he never dreamed that beyond providing shade and food, it would become key to his college education.
But since the government of President Nayib Bukele suspended in-person classes a little over a month ago to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, 20-year-old Contreras has been climbing to the top of the tree to get the signal he needs to connect to his online university classes.
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