High Cost of Medical Services Puts Immigrants’ Health at Risk in the U.S. — Global Issues

High Cost of Medical Services Puts Immigrants’ Health at Risk in the U.S. — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

by Edgardo Ayala (san salvador) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Inter Press Service SAN SALVADOR, Aug 23 (IPS) – Getting sick is one of the worst fears facing Jorge, a Salvadoran living in the United States, because without access to health insurance or public health programs, he knows he will not be…

Journalism Under Attack by Neo-Populist Governments in Central America — Global Issues

Journalism Under Attack by Neo-Populist Governments in Central America — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Reporters and photojournalists cover an Aug. 11 press conference at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in San Salvador. Independent media outlets in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua suffer constant persecution and harassment by state entities and government officials in an attempt to silence them and discredit investigations into corruption and mismanagement…

U.S.-Latin America Immigration Agreement Raises more Questions than Answers — Global Issues

U.S.-Latin America Immigration Agreement Raises more Questions than Answers — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

A hundred Central American migrants were rescued from an overcrowded trailer truck in the Mexican state of Tabasco. It has been impossible to stop people from making the hazardous journey of thousands of kilometers to the United States due to the lack of opportunities in their countries of origin. CREDIT:…

Poor Families Clash over Water with Real Estate Consortium in El Salvador — Global Issues

Poor Families Clash over Water with Real Estate Consortium in El Salvador — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Alex Leiva, holding his baby girl, uses the water he managed to collect in barrels at 4:00 a.m., the only time the service is provided in Lotificación Praderas, in the canton of Cabañas, on the outskirts of the municipality of Apopa, north of the Salvadoran capital. The families of this…

The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador — Global Issues

The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Francisca Piecho stands with her daughter-in-law Johana Cruz and her grandson outside her home that now has electricity from solar energy, in the village of Cacho de Oro, Teotepeque municipality, in the southern department of La Libertad. Hers and other rural Salvadoran families have seen their lives improve with the…