Some times, you cannot just watch a video and pass judgement on people and a country.

El salvador is going through a change, drastic cultural change , and the said change is taking us through the path of fighting crime with all we got, just like the united states has done through out its history.

What el salvador needs, is not bad press, nor prejudiced comments, its needs a buddy system, meaning, a group of countries with the know how and funds to erradicate the issue at its roots.

yes, i know, it is in fact a an ideal and utopic dream, but it could in fact work.

if we say that what we have is a socio-cultural problem, then lets start by fighting the first part of this socio-cultural problem, not the end product. what we need is,

1- identify-analyse and create a solution for each of the items found, such us;

* lack of parental supervision
* lack of family unity
* lack of work training related programs
* lack of police brutality supervision
* lack of abuse protection laws and its enforcement.
* lack of mental health services for those ” so called children of war”

putting gang members in prison is just the temporary solution to the problem< when you put a gang member in jail, we perpetuate the cycle of abuse and violence talked about by many profesionals, what we need is to stop. think and process the right solutions.

this documentary, is closed to 1% of the real truth of el salvador, because it could only show the street value of the gangs, it did not show the profesional and corporate value of the same gangs. it is in those levels that has to be stopped first. but off course, it is impossible to stop it at those levels, but it could be reduced to lower levels.

to those judging el salvador based on this or many other videos, i ask you to create instead of destroy the image of el salvador.

look for funds outside el salvador, and create programs that could in fact

think and look for ways of supporting programs to assist these gang members on their way out of the gangs.

for people that have reached a higher level of profesionalism and have ventured into politics. help push for AID programs for el salvador.

but not programs ran by locals, they have to be programs ran by foreigners willing to give all for the cause and to keep them effective until the end.

lets creat an international agency, to focus on developing programs (specifically for gang related individuals and gang affected communities)

as government they are doing what they can, but as citizens, we as well are responsible of helping end this problem, or at least, just at least find a common ground for all of us.

lets think and create

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COHA Staff

With such a basic error in the research, not sure how seriously to take the rest, but thanks.

The highlighted part of the last paragraph is only half the story, as during economic prosperity gangs constitute just as much of a problem as in times of economic woe. With much of the population of El Salvador living in poverty anyway, the notion of a downturn is really something quite marginal for people with not a lot to begin with.