Just back from an eye-opening trip to #ElSalvador, a country most associate w. gang violence and crime. Following Nayib Bukele’s controversial tactics to crack down… most everyone we meet tells us they feel liberated. Evelio Contreras Abel Alvarado Rachel Clarke cnn.com/2024/09/12/ame…

Inside the #ElSalvador prison that holds the ‘worst of the worst’. Critics say Cecot built under Nayib Bukele crosses the line and strips prisoners of humanity. But most Salvadorans tell us it’s given them their freedom to live. Abel Alvarado Evelio Contreras cnn.com/2024/11/06/ame…

'My aunt worked as a sales rep for Reynolds Tobacco Company to put food on the table. And by the time… instagram.com/p/rYLOyBPuAw/

The man they call Beloved, on the rings he wears on his left hand: 'One is a wedding band. That's my… instagram.com/p/rdrWKOvuBQ/

Do you like the sun? 'I don't like it because it makes me sweaty.' Kelvin Rios, 13. @ Prospect Park instagram.com/p/rfuf4aPuH_/

'I am in this dark room alone and I see this light. And I am following that light and it gets bigger… instagram.com/p/riHJvsvuHr/

'When I'm feeling something new it's not that I'm becoming someone different or that I'm changing.… instagram.com/p/riIG3FPuKC/

Na'kim Ryan, 11, moments before performing a song at a park in Harlem: 'I'm singing R. Kelly's 'Make… instagram.com/p/ric2T8PuPf/

Maricela Fernandez, 34. @ Tio Luis Tacos instagram.com/p/rzsAoxvuGK/

Las repercusiones políticos de la inmigración en USA con Ione Molinares y una reunión familiar Evelio Contreras CNN en Español

Juan trimming the white rose stems, which means passion if you speak of it as a rose, he says, but… instagram.com/p/r921dCPuC9/

'I feel like bored being at the laundromat and I want to be somewhere fun. We bring our iPads and… instagram.com/p/sUzfquPuM2/

"My grandma told me many good things. 'To respect the elders. You always have to respect. They know… instagram.com/p/uKLpY9PuBO/

'It's a chance for a group of people to get together and kind of celebrate playing together. And… instagram.com/p/uWI1NPvuDq/

'I used to work at Jamaica Hospital for 27 years and you see quite a bit. It's good to know when you… instagram.com/p/wkGMKQvuOX/

Beth. @ Parkway Brewing Company instagram.com/p/xF8nvsPuFT/

Ready to die at any moment: The life of a drug-trafficking teen on the US-Mexico border by Evelio Contreras cnn.it/1JUeQ3a

Rescue on Dead Dog Beach: Saving the Stray Dogs of Puerto Rico #TheSatoProject @deaddogbeachpr @annrocheny cnn.it/1MKElVa

Life in limbo: What happens to undocumented immigrants after crossing the border cnn.it/20IJJhk via Catherine Shoichet Evelio Contreras

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