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SalvCultura Editor Jorge Cuellar Goes to United Nations World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

9/30/2014

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PictureIn Feb. 2014, Jorge Cuéllar served as an electoral observer in the Salvadoran presidential elections. Pictured with world-renowned indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu.
On September 22-23, SalvaCultura news editor and doctoral student Jorge Cuéllar participated as part of a Yale delegation of indigenous students to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples hosted at United Nations in Manhattan. As part of this excursion, Cuéllar served the role as observer of the deliberations and proceedings, and was witness to energetic and moving presentations by important political and indigenous leaders such as Rigoberta Menchu, Evo Morales, Oren Lyons, Enrique Peña-Nieto, Sauli Niinistö, among others.


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Check Out These Central American Films at The San Francisco Latino Film Festival Sept. 19-27

9/19/2014

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The San Francisco Latino Film Festival starts today Friday September the 19th and will be going on through to 27th. This year they will feature films from three Central American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala.


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SalvaCultura News Editor Jorge Cuellar will moderate an open mic at the UN World Conference on Indigenous People

9/16/2014

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This Week in Central American News September 15th, 2014

9/15/2014

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Central American Women Crossing Mexico Face High Rates of Sexual Abuse

An informative piece by Fusion asks “Is rape the price to pay for migrant women chasing the American Dream?” The articles notes that 80% of Central American women crossing Mexican territory on their way to the United States experience sexual assault. The scenario is something all too common, and largely goes unaddressed when talking about the migration experiences of Central Americans. In it’s opening line, the video article captures some of what entails women’s migratory experience, “Before they can reach the American Dream, many migrant women have to survive a Mexican nightmare.” Not every Central American woman makes it to the US, and in many Southern Mexico towns, there are local underground economies based on trapping these women into sex work.  Watch the video and read the article here.

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