I am the Latin America Editor of Global Voices. I also write Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory's newsletter.
These past few years I have been a freelance journalist covering Central America, religion, human rights and the environment for different international media. I also founded the newsletter Central American News.
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Latest posts by Melissa Vida from January, 2021
Ten social media posts that capture Latin American reactions to the storming of the US Capitol
"Girlfriends, what good are two centuries of gringo political intervention if not to make us laugh our pants off right now?"
Why I might not go back to El Salvador
'Nearly 20,000 Salvadorans were killed from 2014 to 2017. That’s more violent deaths than in several countries that were at war during those years, such as Libya, Somalia and Ukraine.'
