Scene #6: armed conflict in Nicaragua
~~~ Note: I wrote the following blog in 2017, from Nicaragua. I held off publishing, as I didn’t want my family to find out through this site what had happened. That decision ended up with me putting this blog on…
Scene #5: bad apples in Honduras
I’m in the fruit aisle, holding my breath. Next to me an armed policeman, dressed for warfare and carrying a machine gun, is stroking the apples one-by-one. Have they done something wrong? Have I done something wrong?? Eventually, he gives…
Scene #4: the ashes of El Salvador
In 1926, the Izalco volcano in El Salvador violently erupted, blowing ash across the country. The lava that buried a whole town, killing 56 people. Six years later, Izalco was once again the site of a violent eruption: this time…
