Creative Writing: El Salvadoran Prison

“…dragged from the house on his knees. His face was bloody and when he tried to speak he cried with pain.”

¨The receptionist asked me in Spanish, ’Are you here for the English class?’... ‘I’m sorry. Our new session starts today, so I just assumed that’s why you were here.’ I was about to say no, but I stopped myself. Maybe it was luck that brought me here, or maybe it was providence... Maybe I would even learn enough to be able to help Maribel with her homework¨ (Henríquez 58). Alma does not know how to speak English when she comes to America. She is willing to learn and her sole motive is to make Maribel do well on her homework. Language is a huge part of life since it is a major way to communicate with other people. If she knew how to speak English, she would be capable to talk to Maribel’s teacher and discuss her advance and problems. Thence, they can get a better plan of education for

Americas Watch. 1991. El Salvador’s Decade of Terror: Human Rights since the Assassination of Archbishop Romero. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Salvadoran authorities has been helping the victims and has reduced the number of human trafficking in the last year with the support of other countries from south america. THIRD PARAGRAPH The solution for modern slavery and human trafficking needs to be analysed and very effective. Laws, organisations and campaigns are some of the options that are available for everyone where you can join them and follow their goals. There’s a committee calles ‘’Comite Nacinal Contra la Trata de Personas’’where they specialize in the search of traffickers and help the victims, also they receive help from citizens that want to help. The ‘’Ley Especial Contrata la Trata de Personas’’has been in action since 2014 and is one of the principal sources to combat this issue in El

It’s on the hill by the seaside, the clinic. The place that stole my freedom, my sanity.

The United Provinces of Central America). There is a scroll which states the national motto of El Salvador. Which is “ Dios, Unión, Libertad”. Which means, “ God, Union, Liberty”. All of that is surrounded by Laurel Garland, which is tied together under the National flag. Laurel Garland is divide into 14 different parts, which symbolizes the 14 Departments. I am going to list the 14 departments and some facts about them. The Ahuachapàn department , it is in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapàn. The Cabañas department, the capital is Sensuntepeque. It is one of the coldest regions in El Salvador. The Chalatenango department, it is located in the northwest of the country. It has 220,000 and more inhabitants in it. The Cuscatlán department, it is located in the center of the country. It has 200,00 and more inhabitants in it. The La Libertad department, the capital is Santa Tecla. It was classified as a department on January 28, 1865. The La Paz department, the capital is

When Rio sits on the edge of the tub, it scares the life out of him. He hadn't heard the door open, or her footsteps in the hall, or seen her come into the bathroom. She used the spare key he gave her. So here she is, in a sweater and pajama pants, her hair all over the place from sleep. He wants to ask why she's here, but he can't seem to find the words. He stares instead.

The response to victims was the ‘visas’ system. The Federal Government also the “Support for Victims of People Trafficking Programs” This was integrated into the visas system, this program provides individualized case management. A person is identified as eligible by the

For twelve years (1980-1992), El Salvador suffered this brutal civil war and saw some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin American history. The government refused to attend peace talks by the FMLN and the FMLN refused to participate in elections knowing it results would be rigged. The military tried to kill all suspected rebels and the FMLN damaged anything that supported the government’s economy. Throughout the war there was so much human rights violations such as subjecting civilians to torture, forced disappearance, extrajudicial killing, mutilation, mass rape, massacres, summary executions, landmines and indiscriminate bombing. As the result, by the end of the civil war about 75,000 people were killed, sadly most of which were civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time. The intensity of military repression and constant fear provoked massive northern migration to the United States. By the mid-1980s almost one-fifth of the Salvadoran population was living in the United

She was physically tortured and chained to a bed in different areas in Castro’s home on a dirty mattress, naked with no blankets even through the winter (Connors, 2014). She was forced to “use a bucket for a toilet that he hardly emptied and was not given the chance to shower or wash herself, for the first eight months” of captivity (Connors, 2014).

This woman was misjudged many times by the society she lived in but that only posh her hardest to become the example that she is in today's society . So she made a deal with “El Jefe “ if he let go of her dad and allowed her to go law school, she would do anything to return the favor so he agreed . But Minerva knew she

She was to be shot. On the following day her execution was loudly publicized. Placards were put up all over the city broadcasting she was shot. Irena read the posters herself. 

Ever wondered what it's like to be a prisoner? He may have done something wrong to end up there, but ever wondered how someone's life is, once they get put behind the bars?

Suddenly she felt a stinging, then numbing sensation run up her legs and was strapped into a wheelchair. She was rolled into a very dark and presumably vacant room.

Located on the Pacific Coastline, El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and the most populated. The United States of America foreign policy on El Salvador is best explained by President Obama’s approach on Latin America where the United States is focused on economic growth and equality, energy and climate control, and regional and citizen security (Foreign Policy, 2012). This is best explained using the international level of analysis and neo-liberalism where the global structure and economic interdependence provides the foundation of America’s foreign policy. To ensure that one can see the transparency in United States methodology I will provide the history of El Salvador, the creation of United States interest in El