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Possible documentary evidence of the El Mozote massacre can be found in official records in Argentina, demonstrating a degree of responsibility of the Argentine military dictatorship. #TheTertulia beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...

Argentina, Accomplice to the El Mozote Massacre

Possible documentary evidence of the El Mozote massacre can be found in official records in Argentina, demonstrating a degree of responsibility of the Argentine military dictatorship.

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December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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ACLU of Florida

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BREAKING: Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip.

July 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM

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Sarah Sklaw

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El Faro does incredible work reporting on and documenting conditions in El Salvador (and Cent Am)
If you want to understand the conditions and context of the CECOT prison where the US has hundreds of deported/disappeared immigrants, follow them

El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · Mar 27

📸 El Faro photojournalist Carlos Barrera has won a 2025 @worldpressphoto.bsky.social award for his coverage of the state of exception in El Salvador, offering “an intimate view into the lives of individuals who have been unfairly arrested and brutalized,” wrote the jury. elfaro.net/en/202503/ef...

Saturday, Mar. 26, 2022, was the most violent day of the 21st century in El Salvador, according to existing records. The next day, the Legislative Assembly approved a state of exception suspending significant constitutional rights of its citizens. Since then, the police and the army have captured more than 80,000 people. According to estimates by human rights organizations, at least 30,000 of the people are innocent. Since that date, there have been at least 300 deaths recorded in the country’s prisons.

People arrested in September 2022 during the state of exception, moments before entering Ilopango Prison. In most cases, people have been in prison for almost three years without due process. Trials were held in mass groups and thousands of cases were not individualized: people were accused of collective crimes.

María Elena cries by her son's coffin. On Oct. 5, 2022, her son, Marvin Díaz, was captured in a rural area of Usulután. In prison, he fell ill due to the unsanitary conditions. On June 6, 2024, the court granted him his freedom after photographs of Marvin, chained to a hospital bed, went viral on social media. Marvin died on July 28, 2024, after not receiving adequate treatment in time.

Alba is 28 years old and the mother of one child. In November 2022, she was living at home with her parents, whom she and her brother helped with household expenses. She had applied for a U.S. visa and had been selected to work at the beginning of 2023. Then she suffered what she describes as a kidnapping. On Nov. 11, 2022, agents of the National Civil Police arrived at her house and captured her in front of her mother and her son. There was no reason given, no evidence, no warrant. She was tortured in prison and saw other women die and others lose their pregnancies.

March 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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Photojournalism News

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DOCUMENTARY: Incredible war photography, then and now youtu.be/pWiquqQ9Q8E?... #photojournalism #journalism #documentary

Incredible war photography, then and now.

YouTube video by Imperial War Museums

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February 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM

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Tim Muth

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Tourism and Bitcoin not reducing poverty in El Salvador.
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El Salvador: increasing poverty and inequality | El Salvador: pobreza y desigualdad en aumento

Comunidades de San Salvador, 2024.Fotografía: Gato Encerrado/Bladimir Nolasco. Voices on the Border | Voces en la Frontera According to a survey conducted by the Central American University (UCA) i…

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February 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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Jacob Soboroff

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President Trump has rescinded former President Biden’s Executive Order which created a task force to reunite families deliberately separated at the border by Trump. As many as 1,000 families remain separated because of that policy.

January 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM

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United Farm Workers

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Cecilia harvests oranges in the Clovis CA area. She earns $23 per 900 lb box. She picks 3 boxes a day on average - 5 on a really good day. As it's been raining a lot, she's been working less. This makes things difficult for her as her rent and bill payments can't wait. #WeFeedYou

January 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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National Immigration Project

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Calling all community defenders, advocates, and impacted community members! 🗣️

Join us on 1/29 for a FREE webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your community in the face of potential immigration enforcement.

Learn more and register: secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/np/clients/n...

January 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post

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NEW States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

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January 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM

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Jen Rubin

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My heart breaks over the loss of Cecile Richards, a giant in the fight for reproductive rights, a personal hero to me and the personification of grace. May her memory and work be a blessing

January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM

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Efraín Hernández Jr.

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Special Report: Deportation at 'light speed': How Trump's crackdown could unfold. By @nickmiroff.bsky.social @alvarovalino.bsky.social @adrianblancoramos.bsky.social @datab.ae et al @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4gXwTbQ

Deportation at ‘light speed’: How Trump’s crackdown could unfold

Trump has said he would like to deport everyone living illegally in the United States, though he has not set a specific numerical target. Who is most at risk?

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January 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM

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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post

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NEWS with @nickmiroff.bsky.social

Trump officials haven’t decided on post-inauguration Chicago raids, Homan says

“Border czar” Tom Homan said the incoming administration is reconsidering plans for an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago next week after preliminary details leaked.

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January 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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Nick Miroff

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NEW: Tomorrow Trump will inherit the US immigration system as it really exists, rather than the one he has caricatured. If he fulfills his campaign promises, he could disrupt a fragile equilibrium at the border and hurt the economy. With @mariasacchetti www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump ran on border chaos. Now he’ll have to run the U.S. immigration system.

If Trump fulfills his campaign promises on immigration, he could disrupt a fragile equilibrium at the southern border and hurt the economy.

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January 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM

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NPR

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Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here's how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy's dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.