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UW files suit against CIA for documents on El Salvador massacre
Dina Cabrera holds a photo of herself with her son taken in 1982 in the Mesa Grande refugee camp by Philippe Bourgois. Dina was five months pregnant during the November 1981 invasion. (Photo by Keny...
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El Salvador information stolen from UW human rights group
An elder Salvadoran man who survived the armed conflict is preparing a poster memorializing slain family members for the annual “Encuentro de Victimas” (Meeting of Victims) in San Salvador, El...
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U.S. ad campaign in Central America aims at curbing undocumented crossings
Screen shot of an ad that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is running in Honduras as part of a campaign to discourage undocumented immigration. (Stilll of U.S. Customs and Border Protection video.)...
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El Salvador families search for disappeared children decades after war
Through the airplane window, all I could see was blackness: no lights, no indication of security, just blackness. Just the unknown staring up at us we descended from the sky and into San Salvador. I...
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From family to coffee cup: cafe owner reaches for El Salvador roots
Carlos Salmeron (left) prepares an espresso drink at his new coffee house, Ventoux Roasters, in Bryant, Seattle. (Photo by Janelle Retka) Around Seattle, the coffee industry can seem like a small...
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Seattleites renew fight for justice in El Salvador’s dirty wars
In the Eighties, Seattle was a hub for resistance to U.S. funded human rights abuses in Central America. With new hope for justice in El Salvador, some locals are back at it. The solidarity that...
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Kitchen Stories: A Salvadoran Palestinian’s Baklava rocks Seattle
The final step to making baklava: pouring on the simple syrup. (Photo by Christof Dreyer) Too many weeks ago, I was invited to Janne Abullarade’s home for a super duper special treat: homemade baklava....
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Diverse Northwest soccer enthusiasts kick off their own World Cup
Gambia’s team is a favorite this year. (Photo by Sihanouk Mariona) If you still had any doubts about how hyperdiverse the Puget Sound region has become, look no further than the All Nations Cup soccer...
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Seattle aid org says Central America needs our help
(from Alex Covarrubias via Wikipedia) The Seattle International Foundation sounded alarm bells about the development situation in Central America at an event on Tuesday, where panelists called for...
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Environmental activist’s murder spotlights spiraling violence in Honduras
Berta Cácares’ daughter speaks at a rally seeking to pressure the Organization of American States to investigate her case. (Photo by Daniel Cima / Comision Interamericano de los Derechos Humanos)...
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