Maria's Story http://www.mariasstory.org/

Salvadoran Film:

Maria’s Story: A Documentary Story of Love and Survival in El Salvador’s Civil War

(DVD available in English and Spanish)

Over thirty years ago, El Salvador was in the midst of a brutal civil war. On one side, were peasants and workers affiliated with the Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional (Farabundo Marti Liberation Front -FMLN). On the other side was the right-wing government funded by the United States.

Maria’s Story is one woman who takes up arms against the government. This is a documentary of her life.

An Old Woman Passes a Corn Field in the Mixteca Alta Region of Oaxaca

Emigration from Oaxaca

Oaxaca is a beautiful state in southern Mexico with a rich indigenous culture, creative artists and writers, a beautiful setting, and with nearly half of its population gone.

http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/blog/1569/letter_from_oaxaca/