My Family In El Salvador: Central America

The first thing I smell every time I walk into my grandma’s home is her perfume and food simmering away on the stove top. It’s a scent that I come to be familiar with over the years and it is something that I now connect to a feeling of safety and love. My grandma, Alba, is one of my rocks that I am able lean on when faced with troubling times. She is someone I am able to call on the phone to recount my day to her, seek advice, and just listen to all the different stories oh her when growing up in El Salvador. She is a person who I believe has such a huge influence on my life and taught me so many life lessons that I hold to this day.

It was February 10, 2004 when my family left the Dominican Republic and came to the United States the country they believe was the land of prosperity. I was only 14 years old when I left my country and came to New York. I had left the warm climate and had come to a very cold place where it felt below 20 degrees. I was so scared when I arrived to this new place; the people look very different from where I came from.

Located on the Pacific coast of Central America is the county of El Salvador. It’s a country similar in some ways to the US, when compared together. All of its history, culture, climate, geography, and economy have shaped it into the country it is today.

My grandmother was born in Guatemala into a struggling family of seven. In Guatemala, kids are often forced to leave school and start working to help provide for their family´s food and shelter. Similarly, my grandmother was not able to complete her education. Instead, she had to take care of her siblings, providing for their basic needs. As she grew up, she had three kids, including my father, and needed to find a way to give them a better life.

The mountainous country bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, and Honduras in Central America. Known as the land of the Volcanoes, El Salvador, the only country in Central America that does not have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea. Having beautiful beaches on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and warm summers that make it impossible to withstand the heat. Most of the population is made up of the poor who do not have electricity or running water in their homes. My grandfather was is this social class and stayed for most of his life. El Salvador the land of dictatorship, volcanoes, and tortillas.

I’ve always thought of myself as a person who has a interesting background and childhood. My childhood would consist of fails, near death experiences, and anything crazy or out of the ordinary from other people’s childhoods. Most of my days would consist of going to school, seeing something amazing or crazy, go home, and do homework. Occasionally, I would go to the park where i would explore new places or just walk around and try to make new friends. Most of the time, I would just explore my surroundings and enjoy nature as much as I can. Whenever I would go to El Salvador, I would walk around in big forest and enjoy how fresh the air is. The air over in the countryside is pure and makes you feel at peace due how low the co2 levels are in

There are plenty of good things to be said about El Salvador, the Latin American country that sits in the heart of Central America, surrounded by volcanic mountains, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and a Pacific coast of startlingly beautiful beaches and rustic fishing villages.

Mexico. Land of the Aztec warriors. Land of the Latin lovers. Land of my blood. Mexico is the land that I abandoned as an infant, with my mother, and never looked back. Except, I had to go back the month prior to the start of my Junior year in high school.

El Salvador is the least expansive nation in Central America and is no bigger than the state of Massachusetts. This precipitous nation is flanked by the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, and Honduras. Known as the Land of Volcanoes, El Salvador has incessant seismic tremors and volcanic movement. It is the sole nation in Central America that does not have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea. Also, the backwoods of El Salvador have been chopped down

Nearly 1/2 of all Salvadorans live in rural communities in the countryside. The vast majority of whom are poor and don 't have power or running water in their homes. A large portion of the well off families live in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador in houses and condos. In El Salvador free schooling is provided until the ninth grade, however an exceeding number of families can 't manage the cost of the expense of supplies and transportation. Around three million Salvadorans live in the United States and send cash home to El Salvador. Around 90 percent of Salvadorans are mestizo, relatives of Spanish and Indian progenitors. Nine

I was born in a small town called Sesori in the country of El Salvador. El Salvador lays in the global south and it is extremely crime infested. I came to the United States of America when I was a small child; however, growing up in El Salvador allowed me to witness many of my neighbors and family members suffer from insufficient access to medicine. Knowing this has made me become a hardworking individual who acknowledges the opportunities and blessing that the United States offers its people. I wish to one day become a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and activist for woman's protection all around the world through an international humanitarian non-governmental organization called Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders). I want to help individuals worldwide where the need is greatest. The world is in need of help with the

El Salvador is a country on the Pacific coast of Central America, and borders Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east (Geography). It is known for being the smallest Central American country and has an area equal to that of Massachusetts, it is also the only one with an Atlantic coastline (Geography). The majority of El Salvador 's land is made up of a chain of volcanoes that expands throughout the Northern side of the country. The current government of El Salvador is a Republican one.

Throughout 1939-1971, El Salvador was run by a military-style dictatorship, causing those who had land and wealth to be stripped from them just because they could. According to Encyclopedia Britannica the persistence of this dictatorship can be partly credited to Augustin Farabundo Marti, who forced the Salvadorian Communist Party (2017). Proving to be a catalyst for conflicts for years to come.

El Salvador gained its independence in 1821 (C). El Salvador is located in Central America, north of the Panama Canal and south of Mexico. El Salvador shares a border with Honduras to the north and east and with the Pacific Ocean to the south, and Guatemala to the northwest (C). El Salvador's territory is located entirely on the Pacific Ocean side of Central America, making it the only Central American country that does not have a Caribbean shoreline, unlike Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America and is known as the Land of Volcanoes (C). Just to give some perspective on the size of El Salvador, it is approximately the same size as Massachusetts (C). El Salvador is similarly located on the Ring of Fire, a string of volcanoes located around the edges of the Pacific Ocean which cause seismic activity, as well as earthquakes. Not unlike other countries in the region, El Salvador is also susceptible to hurricanes.

My country is Peru. Peru is a country in South America with the Pacific Ocean on the east and borders Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and even a little of chile in the south. Peru is important to the United States of a America because it is a key partner in trade. Also the United States is helping Peru strengthen there economy. Peru's economy is more a market economy right in the middle between market and mixed economy. The government is more towards a pure democracy than a totalitarian government.