An analysis of a failing US program for Central American refugees
The Huffington Post. The US promised more support for a refugee crisis close to home. Why has its program, the PTA, helped just one family in nearly six months? SAN … Continue reading
The Accused
The Intercept. A violence prevention activist shows up on a US federal watchlist – and then ends up in a Salvadoran prison. Aug 8, 2016. IN THE EARLY morning hours of … Continue reading
Otros Mundos son Posibles // Other Worlds are Possible: Gustavo Castro
The Intercept. An interview with the sole witness of the murder of Berta Cáceres. Leer en español, y aquí abajo. April 18, 2016. Gustavo Castro was the sole witness to the murder on … Continue reading
Central America’s Hip-Hop Guerreras
The Establishment, April 2016. In the U.S. media, Central America and Mexico mostly appear as places overpowered by corruption and skyrocketing murder rates. Violence is a defining characteristic of life here, … Continue reading
Drugs, Dams and Power
The murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. The Intercept, March 11, 2016. Early in the morning on March 3, in La Esperanza, Honduras, unidentified men broke into the home of the environmental … Continue reading
A Salvadoran writer goes into exile
The New Yorker. February 24, 2016 CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTONIO OLMOS. COURTESY JORGE GALÁN. Before it dawned on him that he would have to flee his country—a realization aided by a … Continue reading
At the Devil’s Door
The Unsolved Murder of Tania Vasquez. Mashable, Feb 15, 2016. WAKE IN PANCHIMALCO PANCHIMALCO, El Salvador — When I saw Tania Vasquez in April 2013, she sat beside me … Continue reading
