How El Salvador's emergency decree leaves kids without parents
As El Salvador's state of emergency turns four years old, families warn of the toll of the mass arrests on children. Rubidia Hernandez and her six-year-old granddaughter hug as they sit in their home on the outskirts of Nahuizalco, El Salvador [Euan Wallace/Al Jazeera] In a quiet church courtyard in El Rosario, El Salvador, 16-year-old Sarita sits beside her grandmother. From her neck hangs a medallion, its golden face flashing against the starchy white fabric of her school uniform. “It’s a...