Flight to Freedom: The Story of Central American Refugees in California,Used

Flight to Freedom: The Story of Central American Refugees in California,Used

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They had been massacred, assassinated. The death squad] had pulled off their nails. They had been burned with acid ... shot in the head. In a provoking, firstperson account of the horrors of war and political persecution, Salvadoran refugee and community leader Carlos Vaquerano remembers the day that his brother Marcial and seven others were brutally murdered by the death squads supported by his country's violent rightwing government. When a sister in the United States offers to help him emigrate, Carlos and his family agree that he has no other options. So, like the more than one million Central American refugees fleeing the atrocities of war, Carlos makes the difficult journey through Mexico and into the U.S. Once here, though, he cannot forget his brother's admonishment: Never forget that you have to fight so that justice exists in our country. Fulfilling his brother's plea, Carlos Vaquerano would go on to establish the SalvadoranAmerican Leadership and Educational Fund, one of the nation's leading Central American organizations. Each of the eight people interviewed for this landmark collectionCarmen Alegria, Isabel Beltran, Juan Ramon Cardona, Eduardo Gonzalez, Javier Huete, Alicia Mendoza, Rossana Perez, and Carlos Vaqueranois a leader in the Salvadoran/Central American refugee movement. Consequently, this book offers insight into the early philosophy and framework of the movement as revealed by some of its pioneers. Published as part of the Hispanic Civil Rights Series, this compelling and historically significant volume collects the personal narratives of Central American refugees who fled the violence in their homelands and became leading community advocates at theforefront of social justice.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

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