Revista Pikara, septiembre 2024. Disponible en España. Retratos por Lizbeth Hernández. Extracto:
Las Defensoras
Miss Universe in the shadow of a U.S. federal trial against MS-13
The New Republic, Dec 2023. Several thousand people crowded near the entrance to the national gymnasium of El Salvador at dusk on November 15, waiting to take their seats for the preliminary round of the 2023 Miss Universe pageant. From within the throng, one group screamed the name of a country in unison, prompting rivals... Continue Reading →
El Salvador’s Security Smoke Screens
NACLA and Taylor & Francis Online, November 2020. With Pamela Ruiz. This is an excerpt; complete copies are available at either publisher. My reporting for this piece was thanks to a grant from The Fund for Constitutional Government. In April 2020, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele reacted to a wave of murders by ordering prison officials... Continue Reading →
Why immigration reform matters for LGBT migrants
Le Monde Diplomatique, December 13, 2013. NEW YORK Jose (1) was a closeted gay teenager when he was brutally sexually assaulted by gang members in his native El Salvador and fled to the United States, illegally. He suspected he was targeted because of his sexual orientation. The trauma and shame prevented him from... Continue Reading →
Danielle Mackey 