Conflict & Justice
Agence France-Presse
June 08, 2016
The activity, aimed at rolling back the gang's visible presence in the town, added to a raft of government measures taken in recent weeks to hem in MS-13 and Calle 18, the two main rival gangs, and various smaller organizations.
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Health & Medicine
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.
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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.
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Conflict & 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.
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Conflict & 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.
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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.
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Conflict & Justice
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.
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Conflict & Justice
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.
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Lifestyle & 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.
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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.
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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.