Tag Archives: Forced migration

Event: Salvadoran rural communities facing the decision to migrate

You’re invited to this webinar where we will talk about the context leading to the phenomena of migration from El Salvador. We will also have guests from a rural community in San Vicente who will provide their own perspective of the situation. Guest speakers: Zulma Tobar and Mario Guevara, coordinators of Sister Cities in El […]

The Desperate Choices Behind Child Migration

By Alexandra Early, originally published on www.counterpunch.org As someone who just returned from living and working in El Salvador, I’m still having a hard time adjusting to our mainstream media’s never-ending wave of know-nothing commentary on the subject of immigration.   A case in point is the column penned by New York Timescolumnist Ross Douthat on […]