Art as a passport in a city of borders
Huck Magazine, May 2017. Photos by Fred Ramos of El Faro. Ivonne Reyes steps out of the house she rents near central San Salvador. The dark-haired 25-year-old flags down … Continue reading
Drugs, Dams and Power
The Intercept, March 2016. The murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. 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 2016. Before it dawned on him that he would have to flee his country—a realization aided by a series of death threats in November of last … Continue reading
At the Devil’s Door: Trans women and violence in El Salvador
Mashable, February 2016. The Unsolved Murder of Tania Vasquez. Wake in Panchimalco When I saw Tania Vasquez in April 2013, she sat beside me at a conference in an … Continue reading
E.U.-U.S. trade treaty would allow corporations to sue governments
Al Jazeera America, May 2015. A proposed trade agreement between the United States and the European Union that would allow corporations to sue governments has Europeans up in arms. The … Continue reading
The Criminologist
Foreign Policy Magazine, May/June 2015 print issue. The Things They Carried. Excerpt: Earlier this year, 51-year-old Israel Ticas spent three days on a small island off the coast of El Salvador, looking … Continue reading
Fatal Misstep: Police malfeasance in Missouri
The RiverFront Times, February 2015. A handcuffed student drowned in custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol. One witness seeks justice with a rogue investigation. Larry Moreau and his family were cruising the Lake … Continue reading
