Month: December 2015

Quoted in Fronteras article by Lorne Matalon on 10 December

To read the entire article, “Central American Migration: New Concerns As Numbers Rise One Year After Unprecedented Influx,” click this link: http://fronterasdesk.org/content/10176/central-american-migration-new-concerns-numbers-rise-one-year-after-unprecedented.

“In the first 10 months of this year, El Salvador reported nearly 5,500 homicides. Elizabeth Kennedy, a Fulbright Scholar and social scientist at San Diego State University, has calculated that the number is higher than any other nation not at war. She described a situation in Central America that is dire.”

Quoted in KPBS article by Lorne Matalon on 9 December

To read the entire story by Lorne Matalon, “Fear of Crime Brings Another Wave of Central American Migrants,” click this link: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/dec/09/fear-crime-prompts-another-wave-central-american-m/.

“In the first 10 months of this year, El Salvador reported nearly 5,500 homicides.

Elizabeth Kennedy is a Fulbright Scholar and social scientist at San Diego State University. She has calculated the number is higher than any other nation not at war. She described the situation in Central America as dire.”