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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced the ban on foreigners on March 11, 2020. Photo: Marvin Recinos/Getty Images.

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El Salvador against COVID-19

To date, no one in the Central American country has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

March 13th, 2020

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Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

Without Hesitation

July 11th, 2023

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Harper Collins 2020

Books and Authors

A Story of Two Countries

April 19th, 2023

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Cynthia Guardado doesn’t shy away from writing critical work about US and Salvadoran governments. Photo courtesy of the author

Books and Authors

The harsh reality of trauma

February 28th, 2023

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Jorge Galán , February 2017. Courtesy CASA AMÉRICA

Books and Authors

Poems and Fantasy Novels

February 12th, 2023

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Las pupusas de Pupusería Sabor en el noreste de Filadelfia. Foto: Eli Siegel

Heritage and History

A Salvadorian classic

October 24th, 2018

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Sister Bernardita Castro speaks during an interview with EFE in San Salvador, El Salvador, Oct. 10, 2018. EPA-EFE/Rodrigo Sura

Heritage and History

The voice for the voiceless

October 12th, 2018

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Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered the suspension of the removal process of an immigrant mother and her daughter, threatening to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt.

'Turn the plane around'

August 10th, 2018

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Photo provided on May 30, 2018 showing Alejandro Diaz, an attorney member of the Maria Julia Hernandez Legal Office, during an interview with EFE in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 23, 2018. EPA-EFE/Rodrigo Sura

Heritage and History

Is impunity in Oscar Romero…

May 31st, 2018

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Members of MS-13 in prison. Source: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Made in the USA

May 30th, 2018

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El libro de la periodista Lauren Mackham fue ganador del 2018 Ridenhour Book Prize y seleccionaodo entre los mejores libros de 2017 por los críticos de The NY Times.

Books and Authors

The odyssey of two…

May 30th, 2018

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Laura Monterrosa, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office and allegedly subjected to sexual abuse and psychological terror in a detention center in Texas. Photo: https://alminutonews.com

Laura Monterrosa released

March 20th, 2018

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People gather in New York to protest the decision of the Trump administration to end the so-called temporary protection status for immigrants from Haiti. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Racism and ignorance

January 12th, 2018

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Photo provided on Nov. 28, 2017 showing a delegate of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Central America, Alberto Brunori, during an interview with EFE in San Salvador, El Salvador on Nov. 17, 2017. EPA-EFE/Rodrigo Sura

An iron fist is not the way

November 29th, 2017

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The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Mari Carmen Aponte. Photograph taken by Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News.

Sexism in Washington

November 1st, 2017

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Pope Francis leads the Regina Caeli prayer from the window of his office in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, May 21, 2017. EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI

Heritage and History

Pope names five new…

May 22nd, 2017