News stories by Claudia Avalos

  1. Taking Child Workers Out of El Salvador’s Sugar Cane Fields

    - Inter Press Service

    SAN JUAN OPICO, El Salvador, Apr 06 (IPS) - The participation of children and teenagers in the sugar cane harvest, a dangerous agricultural activity, will soon be a thing of the past in El Salvador, where the practice drew international attention 10 years ago.

  2. Newly Recognised Indigenous Rights a Dead Letter?

    - Inter Press Service

    IZALCO, El Salvador, Mar 05 (IPS) - Nearly three years after the rights of El Salvador's indigenous people were recognised in the constitution, there are still no public policies and laws to translate that historic achievement into reality.

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