El Salvador
El Salvador, Latin America, The Americas, United StatesAdriana Cerón1 Comment

We are failing our immigrant communities: COVID-19 and the impact on remittances

“The process of remitting is more than just an economic transaction, it is also associated with the emotional and social processes that allow immigrants to stay connected to the ancestral homeland. For Central Americans, migrating North has not been an easy journey. Central Americans have been fleeing the economic, social, and political unrest caused by U.S-fueled civil wars and genocide, multinational corporate plundering, and corrupt governments. Once they establish themselves in the U.S, remitting becomes a way to show love, care, commitment, sacrifice, and to reassure family members that they are not forgotten. Providing financial assistance is also viewed as a sign of “making it,” and, unfortunately, many may even think that the long-term family separation and the psychological trauma is worth it.”

El Salvador, Latin America, The Americas, United StatesAdriana Cerón1 Comment
We are failing our immigrant communities: COVID-19 and the impact on remittances
El Salvador, Latin America, The Americas, United StatesAlejandra MejíaEl Salvador, Central America, U.S. imperialism1 Comment

Made in USA: Images of Incarcerated Mareros Perpetuate Fear of Migrants Amidst COVID-19

“La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18, two of Latin America’s most infamous street gangs, originated in Los Angeles in the 1980s and were exported to Central America via the U.S. deportation machine. The gangs’ origins coincide with the start of the Salvadoran Civil War (1980-1992), whose primary actors were the Marxist-Leninist guerilla group known as the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) and the heavily U.S.-supported, repressive military government of El Salvador. Waves of Salvadorans were forcibly displaced from their communities throughout the course of the war, many fled to Los Angeles to escape violence, poverty, and instability.”

El Salvador, Latin America, The Americas, United StatesAlejandra MejíaEl Salvador, Central America, U.S. imperialism1 Comment
Made in USA: Images of Incarcerated Mareros Perpetuate Fear of Migrants Amidst COVID-19
United States, El Salvador, Latin America, The AmericasAdriana Cerón

How our Family Stories Shape Us: Identity, Cultural Memory, and the Central American Diaspora | Adriana Cerón

“Although I am glad to see attention finally given to the current plight of Central American refugees and migrants, I am appalled by the ways we continue to overlook decades of U.S. policy intervention in Central America and fail to connect how it has fueled migration since the 1980s. In doing so, we continue to ignore the long history of violence  against Central American peoples and their historical and socio-political experiences and analyses.”

United States, El Salvador, Latin America, The AmericasAdriana Cerón
How our Family Stories Shape Us: Identity, Cultural Memory, and the Central American Diaspora | Adriana Cerón