Moncho Torres News Today

By Moncho Torres San Salvador, Feb 3 (EFE).- In El Salvador, almost two years after the declaration of a state of emergency by President Nayib Bukele, who is running for re-election on Sunday, the terror of the gangs, or “maras,” that was rampant until a few years ago is being replaced by that of the …

Moncho Torres Bajo Chiquito, Panama, Sept 22 (EFE).- Horrible, just horrible, repeats many migrants after crossing the dangerous Darién jungle, the natural border between Panama and Colombia. Many embark on the nightmarish journey, guided by videos that flood social media and the stories of acquaintances. Misinformation and deception accompany the migration crisis, with thousands of …

By Moncho Torres Los Planes, Panama, May 12 (EFE).- Even as thousands of migrants in this northern Panamanian hamlet continue their quest to reach the United States, others are no longer able to tolerate the constant abuse and are heading in the opposite direction. Staying behind at a government-run migrant shelter in Los Planes after …

By Moncho Torres David, Panama, May 10 (EFE).- José Gregorio Hidalgo, a Venezuelan national, woke up in a hospital in northern Panama, wearing a neck brace, unable to move. He had survived a migrant bus accident in February in which 39 people died. He did not remember his daughter when he opened his eyes, nor …

By Moncho Torres Panama City, Apr 11 (EFE).- The Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, warned Tuesday that migrants who try to reach US territory through illegal avenues would be sent back. Mayorkas, who held a meeting on Tuesday in the Panamanian capital with the foreign ministers of Colombia and Panama …

By Moncho Torres Bajo Chiquito, Panama, Mar 21 (EFE).- “Warriors” is a word oft-repeated by the mothers of boys and girls who have made their way through the treacherous Darien Gap, a merciless stretch of jungle that separates Colombia and Panama and is an obligatory route for many migrants trying to cross into Central America …

By Moncho Torres Bajo Chiquito, Panama, Mar 20 (EFE).- Having just come through the Darien jungle, they are exhausted, dragging their feet, sweaty, desperate for water. “Terrible, terrible, it was the worst,” they gasp. They are migrants who can’t believe that after their several-day trek they have managed to get through the nightmare of death, …

By Moncho Torres Patna, India, Dec 17 (EFE).- At the bottom of the Hindu caste system in India is the oppressed Dalit community or “untouchables”, and the poorest among are the Musahars, meaning “rat eaters.” But the women of this community have stood up against discrimination in a movement for dignity and respect. They are …

By Moncho Torres Laxmanpur-Bathe, India, Dec 1 (EFE).- On Dec. 1, 1997, Hindu upper caste radicals armed with guns and machetes killed 58 villagers in north India, most of them members of the marginalized Dalit community, whose quest for justice remains unfulfilled even 25 years later. The village of Laxmanpur-Bathe, which borders the Sone river …

By Moncho Torres New Delhi, Nov 1 (EFE).- India’s Ashwini KP, who belongs to the marginalized Dalit community – formerly known as “untouchables” – on Tuesday took charge as the United Nations’ new special rapporteur against racism, becoming the first non-African to occupy the post. The sixth special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial …