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When a society fails to mind the gap, you have armed guards welcoming you at shops,
hotels, and finer residential neighborhoods.
Excited to reconnect with someone who'd meant a great deal to my understanding
of El Salvador—and global poverty concerns in general—I headed to the barrio to see
Beatriz. Right down to the hardscrabble chicken roaming the yard, her home seemed un-
changed after five years. It was fun to give her a copy of the topic and watch her daughters
read the passage about their illiterate mom to her.
