The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn’t keeping up
The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn’t keeping up
*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s rhetoric has been specifically anti-Mexican, but migration from there is at a standstill. Because Trump’s policies address a perceived problem from a past […]
El Salvador’s Plan to Defeat Gangs Must Start With Youth
*Gang violence in El Salvador is causing the same family displacement as war. Many of the displaced find their way to the U.S. VL By Róger Lindo, New America Media Last […]
Citizen Kids Suffer Trauma at Separation from Immig. Parents
By Rocio Romero, El Nuevo Sol/New america Media U.S.-born María Vasques was just six years old when her mother Edith Barrios kissed her goodbye. She told María that she was […]
Romney, Bain, El Salvador Connection Is A Matter For Concern
By Jonathan Higuera The news that Mitt Romney courted wealthy Latin American investors to start his investment firm Bain Capital in 1984 is in itself no reason to condemn him. […]
Battle For Mari Carmen Aponte Shows Menendez Has Muscle
By Emilio C. Sanchez, Voxxi The Senate confirmation of Mari Carmen Aponte as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador began with a bitter battle among several senators prolonged over the last six months. […]
Salvadoran Government Negotiates With Criminal Gang
By Texas Observer In March, a leading investigative online news journal in El Salvador, El Faro, broke the news that the government was negotiating a reduction in homicides with the […]
Have A Coke In A Bag And A Smile In El Salvador
By Voxxi The familiar Coca-Cola bottle is as iconic as the Playboy bunny ears, the Mac apple or the three-pointed star that designates every Mercedes Benz. So when the company found that […]
Ponche Salvadoreño A La Miel
By Deysi Alvarez, for the National Honey Board Makes 4 servings. Ingredients: 5 tbsp honey (for infusion of honey, clove and chamomile tea) 1 pineapple 1 red or green apple 1 […]
Happy Friday From Los Hermanos Flores!
Founded originally in 1962, La Orquesta Internacional de Los Hermanos Flores, are world renown and are a huge deal both in El Salvador and generally in Latin America. The group, […]
Most Of My Friends Are The Children Of Immigrants
I was thinking about the nastiness of the current immigration debate recently when it occurred to me that most of my friends are the children of immigrants. My best friends’ […]