Apr 18th, 2008 · Youth Radio's Evelyn Martinez is living in an area of East Los Angeles that's been home to a lot of gang activity recently. Evelyn's mother fled El Salvador during that country's civil war, only to discover that she's living in another war zone.
Apr 9th, 2008 · This week, NPR's Jennifer Ludden looked at what happens when a country -- in particular, El Salvador -- has to take back a large number of its own nationals deported by the United States. What are the effects of their migration and their return?
Apr 8th, 2008 · Omar Giron lived in the United States for so long that when he returned to El Salvador -- the country he left 20 years ago -- it was anything but a homecoming. And perhaps nothing marks him more as an outsider than his daily battle against dust.
Jan 20th, 2008 · Relations between blacks and Latinos have sometimes been strained, but there have been efforts to bring the groups together. A family connection led NPR's Enrique Rivera, whose family comes from El Salvador, to look into how Martin Luther King Jr. affected the Latino community.
Oct 12th, 2007 · The small Central American nation of El Salvador has one of the highest rates of migration to the U.S. in the region, creating a labor shortage at home. But El Salvador's competitive wages attract workers from its less well-off neighbors Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.
May 3rd, 2007 · Concerns about gang culture prompt Antonio Villaraigosa to visit San Salvador. Both cities must deal with gangs that have strong ties in both nations. In San Salvador, felons deported from the U.S. have taken L.A.'s gang culture back to the homeland.
Mar 17th, 2007 · The Vatican has censured the writings of Father Jon Sabrino, a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador known for his previous advocacy of liberation theology. The Vatican now finds fault with writings that could be seen as questioning the divinity of Christ.
Mar 3rd, 2007 · Late last month three Salvadoran legislators were killed while on official business in Guatemala. The four Guatemalan men who were arrested and charged with the murders were killed while in custody. It turned out that the men killed in jail were Guatemalan police.