El Salvador is one of just a handful of countries where abortion is banned in all circumstances. The ban is so draconian that even miscarriage is considered suspicious.
Innocent youth are getting swept up in El Salvador's crackdown in their war on gangs. Daniel Alemán, 23, walked free after spending over a year behind bars on trumped-up extortion charges in El Salvador. Others are not so lucky.
What is it like to face climate change where you live? The World spoke to people from all over the globe at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco to learn how climate change was impacting them, and what they were doing about it.
Migration isn't caused just by violence and failing governments: Climate-related problems such as drought, extreme storms and excessive heat have pushed many small farmers in Central America to leave their land and head north.
Daniela Vega, like other members of the trans community in Latin America, has spent a lifetime navigating both the gendered Spanish language and laws that refuse to recognize her identity.
El Salvador has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the hemisphere. And advocates hope that El Salvador's recommendation that women hold off getting pregnant until 2018 will spur a conversation about the country's laws around reproduction in general.
Most Central American migrants who cross with their children are not given asylum and the right to stay legally in the US. This mother says the consequence of the judge’s decision isn’t just documents, though. It’s life or death.
Native Spanish speaker Fernando Palomo does English language TV commentary for ESPN. He offers US viewers instant analysis that draws on his soccer-obsessed Latin American background.
A young couple from El Salvador explains why they crossed illegally into the US and how rising danger in their homeland forced their children on the dangerous trip north to join them.
The archbishop whose assassination fueled a 1980s civil war is becoming a saint. That's not helping El Salvador move from its divided past, although one writer expresses hope that it might.
This year, an increasing number of Central American attempted to enter the US illegally. Now, as many are deported back home, there are concerns that due process was not served while they were held in detention facilities in the United States.
José has already tried to escape from El Salvador to the US this summer — twice. But he's failed each time, and now he's dodging gang violence at home while trying to make yet another attempt to leave.
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Health
This country doesn't want women to get pregnant until 2018
PRI's The World
January 25, 2016
El Salvador has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the hemisphere. And advocates hope that El Salvador's recommendation that women hold off getting pregnant until 2018 will spur a conversation about the country's laws around reproduction in general.
Justice
A migrant from El Salvador gets her chance in immigration court
PRI's The World
November 22, 2016
Most Central American migrants who cross with their children are not given asylum and the right to stay legally in the US. This mother says the consequence of the judge’s decision isn’t just documents, though. It’s life or death.
Sports
How to sound simultaneously English and Spanish at the World Cup
The World in Words
July 03, 2014
Native Spanish speaker Fernando Palomo does English language TV commentary for ESPN. He offers US viewers instant analysis that draws on his soccer-obsessed Latin American background.
Justice
Why would any parent send their kids on the deadly trip to cross the Mexico-US border? Here's why.
PRI's The World
August 18, 2014
Updated
A young couple from El Salvador explains why they crossed illegally into the US and how rising danger in their homeland forced their children on the dangerous trip north to join them.
Belief
El Salvador, divided by its first saint
PRI's The World
May 21, 2015
Updated
The archbishop whose assassination fueled a 1980s civil war is becoming a saint. That's not helping El Salvador move from its divided past, although one writer expresses hope that it might.
Global Politics
An El Salvador-born Rubio supporter says his candidate can fix broken immigration system
PRI's The World
February 24, 2016
This Salvadoran American supports Marco Rubio on immigration. "We can't break laws just because," he argues.
Conflict
Families that are deported after crossing the border say they return home feeling hopeless and desperate
PRI's The World
September 04, 2014
This year, an increasing number of Central American attempted to enter the US illegally. Now, as many are deported back home, there are concerns that due process was not served while they were held in detention facilities in the United States.
Conflict
Gang violence awaits a teen from El Salvador after his failed attempts to reach the US
PRI's The World
September 18, 2014
José has already tried to escape from El Salvador to the US this summer — twice. But he's failed each time, and now he's dodging gang violence at home while trying to make yet another attempt to leave.
Arts, Culture & Media
How the US is trying to deter migrants from Central America — with music
PRI's The World
July 17, 2014
A catchy song is getting plenty of play on Central American airwaves, but not everyone knows it was funded by the US government.
Global Politics
Here's what happens in a country where women are punished for having abortions
PRI's The World
March 31, 2016
Donald Trump said women should be punished for abortion. In El Salvador, they are.