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Bebetecas, Workshops, and Dialogues: How El Salvador is Transforming Early Childhood Care.
El Salvador in English
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June 23, 2025
El Salvador has launched a nationwide initiative called “Creciendo en Familia: Diálogos por la Primera Infancia,” a project led by First Lady Gabriela de Bukele and the Instituto Crecer Juntos. The initiative brings together parents, caregivers,...
The Authoritarian Test: From Rosie to Retes, Who’s Next?
Random Lengths News - California
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July 15, 2025
Each escalation — from ICE kidnappings to threats against critics — is a measure of how much authoritarianism we’ll tolerate before we push back. Trump’s threat to strip Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship is a “test.” Kids do it all the time....
Latin American solidarity brigade to attend Cuban celebrations for July 26th
Cuban News Agency
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July 15, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) The 30th Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba, with 132 members from 11 nations, will participate in the July 26th celebrations as part of its visit to the country from July...
Deported Dad Says He Was Beaten and Tortured in Salvadoran Megaprison
The Daily Beast
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July 3, 2025
The wrongfully deported dad at the center of a protracted battle with the Trump administration says he was tortured in El Salvador’s notorious megaprison. In March, the Trump administration deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia—which the Department of...
Good Ol’ Boy Racism Chokes Out History and Health
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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July 4, 2025
Today we celebrate the birth of a nation built by slaves on stolen land. Two and a half centuries later, the United States of America still treats people inhumanely because of their skin color, sexual orientation, gender, or religion. It’s 2025,...
Freeing Widmer: An aunt’s journey to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison
Daily Kos
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June 22, 2025
Jhoanna Sanguino was 11 years old when she held her nephew in her arms for the first time. She told Daily Kos there was no longer a reason to play with dolls. She finally had “a real baby boy in my arms.” And while her nephew is now a 24-year-old...
Abrego Garcia says he was severely beaten in Salvadoran prison
KNAU Arizona Public Radio
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July 3, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported mistakenly from the U.S. to El Salvador in March, says he was brutally beaten and subjected to psychological torture while held in one of the Central American country's most notorious prisons. A document...
Health communicators from eight countries meet to discuss trachoma in the Region of the Americas
Pan American Health Organization
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June 26, 2025
Washington, D.C, 23 June 2025 (PAHO) – More than 60 communicators from the country offices of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and delegates from the Ministries of Health of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, El...
Lawyers Say Abrego Garcia Suffered Abuse in Salvadoran Prison
Que Onda - Texas
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July 3, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia endured severe mistreatment during his detention at El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison, according to a new legal filing by his attorneys. They describe beatings, psychological abuse, and inhumane living conditions. Claims of...
Feature: El Salvador rides waves to a better future with Surf City initiative
Xinhua News Agency
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by Jose Gabriel Martinez and Douglas Martinez SAN SALVADOR, June 21 (Xinhua) -- At first light, dozens of surfers were already in the water off El Salvador's El Tunco beach in the town of La Libertad. The powerful waves draw both young and old,...
Abrego Garcia was beaten and tortured in Salvadoran prison, new court filings reveal
Nebraska Examiner
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador, endured “severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture” while there, his attorneys wrote...
Psaki Calls Rep. Frost 'Passionate' After He Falsely Fearmongers on Medicaid
NewsBusters
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July 3, 2025
On Tuesday night, MSNBC host Jen Psaki interviewed leftist Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) on The Briefing to denounce the Big Beautiful Bill. Psaki praised Frost as “passionate” and “important” for his ability to delay the bills passing immediately...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten, tortured in Salvadoran prison, lawyers say
USA Today - Virginia
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia experienced "severe beatings" and "psychological torture" in a notorious high-security prison in El Salvador after he was deported by the Trump administration, according to a new court filing. The filing in federal court on...
AES El Salvador Champions Sustainable Urban Development Through Urban Arboriculture Seminar.
El Salvador in English
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June 20, 2025
AES El Salvador reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable urban development with the successful hosting of its eighth Urban Arboriculture Seminar, a key initiative under its AES Medio Ambiente program. The seminar highlighted the need to integrate...
Origami helps behavioral health patient find healing through art
York County News - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
Anthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan HospitalsAnthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan Hospitals Over the past year, WellSpan Philhaven hospital in...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia alleges "psychological torture" at Salvadoran prison
CBS News
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man whose mistaken deportation by the Trump administration has fueled a monthslong legal saga — alleged Wednesday that he faced "psychological torture" and "severe beatings" after he was sent to a supermax prison in El...
This Is the Right Direction: Business Leader Roberto Kriete Backs President Bukele’s Vision for El Salvador.
El Salvador in English
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June 19, 2025
Salvadoran businessman Roberto Kriete, one of Latin America’s most influential entrepreneurs and the majority shareholder of Avianca Airlines, publicly endorsed the direction in which President Nayib Bukele is leading El Salvador, calling it a...
Free medical, legal and financial services planned at El Salvadoran consulate event in Springdale
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 2, 2025
SPRINGDALE -- The Consulate of the Republic of El Salvador in Springdale will hold a public community event later this month with free medical, legal and financial services offered. Jose Roberto Castellon Lopez, consulate general of El Salvador in...
Texas A&M Expert Featured In Documentary About The Health Benefits Of Nature
Texas A&M Today
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July 1, 2025
Jay Maddock, director of the Center for Health and Nature at Texas A&M University, will be featured in an upcoming REI-sponsored documentary highlighting the health benefits of spending time outdoors. Credit: Texas A&M University School of Public...
As Trump’s spending bill looms, California immigrants fear more healthcare rollbacks
El Tecolote - California
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July 2, 2025
Over the past three years, G.H., 51, says she’s spent more time inside San Francisco’s General Hospital than she has at home. In 2022, the Salvadoran woman barely survived an episode of domestic violence when she was pushed off a two-story...