THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE

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  1. 3. this type of gender-based violence against women is the highest in the world in El Salvador and Honduras.
  2. 6. the reason as to why deep-rooted violence is so prevalent in the Northern Triangle.
  3. 8. this is what El Salvador experienced fro 12 years and lost about 75,000 lives.
  4. 10. this is a program that is currently being attempted to restart and provides a safe, legal, and orderly alternative to the risks involved in the attempt to migrate to the Unites States.
  5. 11. this drug is often sold to migrants in Guatemala to get over into the U.S.
  6. 13. the area where most of the gangs in the Northern Triangle originate from.
  7. 14. this country gained independence in 1821 from Spain.
  8. 15. the main reason as to why people are leaving the region of the Northern Triangle.
  9. 16. this country began flourishing in about 1 AD
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  1. 1. this occurred for 36 years and ending in 1996 with a peace treaty.
  2. 2. El Salvador gained independence from this in 1839
  3. 4. disputes among this area in Honduras-El Salvador.
  4. 5. the biggest import and export partner for all of the Northern Triangle.
  5. 7. this country's biggest industries includes sugar processing, coffee, wooden materials and cigars.
  6. 9. this was the percentage of children that were held in the US that were from the Northern Triangle.
  7. 12. in this way, it is the poorest region in the Western Hemisphere.