El Salvador

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

• By Jack Herrera
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The group is utilizing sustainable agroforestry techniques to revitalize their region and tackle food insecurity.

• By Monica Pelliccia

A girl grieves during the funeral of priest Walter Osmir Vásquez Jiménez, who was murdered by alleged gang members of the MS, in Lolotique, El Salvador, on April 1st, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The White House appears to be at odds with experts over who is to blame for a sluggish immigration court system.

• By Massoud Hayoun

Immigrant advocates worry that terminating Salvadorans' Temporary Protected Status will break up families.

• By Francie Diep

The administration is set to rule on whether to extend temporary residency protections for Salvadorans.

• By Massoud Hayoun

The Mangrove Association and its allies in El Salvador are showing that conservation works best if it has grassroots organizing behind it.

• By Jimmy Tobias

Journalist Lauren Markham's new book tells the story of twin teenage brothers who migrate from gang-ridden El Salvador to Oakland, California.

• By Peter C. Baker

Salvadoran women march at a protest calling for the decriminalization of abortion in San Salvador on September 28th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Joining a gang seemed like the best way to evade violence for women in El Salvador, but in many cases it only put them more squarely in danger.

• By Lauren Markham

In December of 1980, Salvadoran soldiers brutally raped and murdered four American churchwomen. A young U.S. diplomat singlehandedly cracked the case, cultivating an improbable source who risked everything to gather the key evidence.

• By Raymond Bonner

A frustrating, but ultimately fulfilling, father-daughter surf adventure in El Salvador.

• By Zachary Slobig

The plight of underage, undocumented children in U.S. Immigration custody.

• By Peter Vigneron