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Remittances, a Lifeline for El Salvador, Plummet Amid Pandemic
juan carlos
Jun 13, 2020
My latest collaboratoin with The Wall Street Journal
By Santiago Perez | Photographs by Juan Carlos for The Wall Street Journal
The money being sent back to the Central American country dropped 40% in April from the same month last year, as the jobless rate surged in the U.S.
The slum in El Salvador where María Graciela Barrera lives is dotted with white flags, outside homes, serving as distress signals that people inside don’t have enough food.
Read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/remittances-a-lifeline-for-el-salvador-plummet-amid-pandemic-11591275600?fbclid=IwAR36z3FRRuc2HbnSodz27zxR7goDB_Iu_sMfbzK4Zj4EZxbrgjdc6Rnb7Y4
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