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Gang violence fuels insecurity

and particularly affects young people.

 

Photograph:

Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

 

‘Our country is not a safe place’:

why Salvadorans will still head for the US

 

Poverty and gang violence are driving an exodus,

regardless of US asylum reforms

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Sun 24 Jun 2018        05.59 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/
salvadorans-deported-from-us-facing-violence-fleeing-poverty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > immigration and emigration > causes

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/aug/02/
running-dry-water-crisis-driving-migration-central-america-us-podcast

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/
central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/27/
world/americas/venezuela-money-how-to-survive.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/
el-salvador-migrant-us-border-patrol-separation

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/
why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-wont-stem-flow-of-central-americans

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/
salvadorans-deported-from-us-facing-violence-fleeing-poverty

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/
venezuela-brazil-hunger-highway

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/06/
young-venezuelans-want-to-flee-as-economy-collapses-poll-finds

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/
guatemalan-town-migrants-american-dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the flow of undocumented migrants

from Central America’s northern triangle        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/
guatemalan-town-migrants-american-dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gun violence

in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela > statistics        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/05/
743579605/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-countries-in-deaths-from-gun-violence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hyperinflation        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/
640213152/venezuela-racked-with-hyperinflation-rolls-out-new-banknotes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water crisis > Central America > Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/aug/02/
running-dry-water-crisis-driving-migration-central-america-us-podcast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

flee        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/05/
why-migrants-flee-home-countries

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/
640350156/venezuelan-refugees-face-violence-and-closed-borders-as-they-try-to-flee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

violence, organised crime and systemic corruption        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/
migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gang violence, death squads        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/
guatemalan-town-migrants-american-dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

climate change        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/
migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Salvador        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/
migrants-fleeing-central-america-guatemala-honduras-el-salvador-family-taken-killed-study

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/05/
salvadorans-deported-us-killed-abused-report

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/05/
743579605/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-countries-in-deaths-from-gun-violence

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/
central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/
migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/
guatemalan-town-migrants-american-dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/
migrants-fleeing-central-america-guatemala-honduras-el-salvador-family-taken-killed-study

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/05/
743579605/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-countries-in-deaths-from-gun-violence

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/29/
guatemala-climate-crisis-migration-drought-famine

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/
central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/
migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/19/
649300559/a-guatemalan-village-tells-the-story-of-immigration-to-the-u-s

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/
648903895/despite-dangers-intimidation-guatemalans-still-seek-a-better-life-in-u-s

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/22/
631255034/there-is-nothing-for-us-here-why-people-keep-leaving-guatemala

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/
guatemalan-town-migrants-american-dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras        UK / USA

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18954311

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/
migrants-fleeing-central-america-guatemala-honduras-el-salvador-family-taken-killed-study

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/05/
743579605/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-countries-in-deaths-from-gun-violence

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/
us/migrant-teen-suicide-long-island.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2019/01/16/
684812592/i-m-a-survivor-of-violence-portraits-of-women-waiting-in-mexico-for-u-s-asylum

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/
685768698/honduran-caravan-crosses-guatemala-on-its-way-to-u-s

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/15/
new-honduran-caravan-sets-out-north-trump-blasts-warnings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/jan/14/
counting-the-cost-of-honduran-crime-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/
opinion/portraits-from-a-caravan.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/
central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/
migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/08/19/
635041889/photos-its-hard-to-grow-up-and-grow-old-in-honduras

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/
guatemalan-town-migrants-american-dream

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003007771/
in-mexico-a-stalled-journey.html - July 19, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicaragua

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/09/
692286247/stay-or-go-ortegas-crackdown-pushes-nicaraguans-to-make-hard-choices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Venezuela’s Elections Don’t Matter to a Desperate Populace    NYT    May 20, 2018

 

 

 

 

Why Venezuela’s Elections Don’t Matter to a Desperate Populace | Times Documentaries        The New York Times        May 20, 2018

 

Elections are approaching in Venezuela,

but many citizens have other concerns.

 

As President Nicolás Maduro looks to stay in power,

thousands are trying to flee.

 

A Times video correspondent

traveled to the Colombian border town of Cúcuta.

 

This is what he saw.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Y9rtfFRyoAA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caracas: Venezuela's most violent city        G        11 March 2011

 

 

 

 

Caracas: Venezuela's most violent city        G        11 March 2011

 

Caracas

is one of the most dangerous cities

in the world.

 

Dozens are killed there each weekend,

often more than in Baghdad

- and less than 7% of cases are solved.

 

Sean Smith

reports from a hospital

in the Venezuelan capital

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fubD__L_ves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela        FR / UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/venezuela

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/
world/americas/venezuela-migration-children.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2020/feb/21/
trump-immigration-exhibit-bronx-documentary-center

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/06/
757822363/a-doctor-or-nurse-might-earn-6-a-month-in-venezuela-if-theyre-lucky

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/08/05/
743579605/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-countries-in-deaths-from-gun-violence

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/15/
695100627/venezuelas-health-crisis-spills-over-to-neighboring-countries

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2018/dec/24/
venezuelans-in-brazil-migrant-camps-in-pictures

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/151218/
l-ex-chaviste-luisa-ortega-diaz-le-venezuela-n-pas-de-gouvernement-mais-une-bande-de-delinquants

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2018/dec/06/
hunger-and-exodus-venezuela-in-crisis

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/
reader-center/venezuela-crisis-meridith-kohut-photojournalist.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/
640350156/venezuelan-refugees-face-violence-and-closed-borders-as-they-try-to-flee

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/
640213152/venezuela-racked-with-hyperinflation-rolls-out-new-banknotes

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/
venezuela-crisis-violence-guyana-border

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/27/
world/americas/venezuela-money-how-to-survive.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/
venezuela-brazil-hunger-highway

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/06/
young-venezuelans-want-to-flee-as-economy-collapses-poll-finds

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/17/
world/americas/venezuela-children-starving.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fubD__L_ves - G - 11 March 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

flee        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/
migrants-fleeing-central-america-guatemala-honduras-el-salvador-family-taken-killed-study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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