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" . . . The Man with the Muckrake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muckrake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muckrake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor..."

— Theodore Roosevelt











The Border Crossing between San Carlos, El Salvador and El Amatillo, Honduras, by the numbers.

The number of computers on the Honduran side of the border used to process those crossing with a vehicle: 1

The number of hours it took to complete that side of the border crossing: 4

The price, in US dollars: $52

The price, in US dollars, that Honduran border officials wanted to charge us for accidently switching "make" with "model" on our vehicle permit: $42

The number of "guides" who offered their services to help complete this part of the border crossing: too many to count.

The number of "guides" on the Salvadoran side: 0.





More on crossing from San Carlos, El Salvador to El Amatillo, Honduras.

It began with a man hurdling through a median of palm trees. He was tall, with exquisitely styled hair, dark jeans, a pale blue polo shirt and a left hand that sliced through the air like an out-of-control winged insect.















































Reading List:

Memory of Fire: Century of Wind,
Eduardo Galeano.

The Plot Against America,
Phillip Roth.

The Fifties, David Halberstam.

Weakness and Deceit: US Policy & El Salvador, Raymond Bonner.




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