javier zamora's father was forced to leave the country.only a year old and then the war ended but economically speaking things didn't change and there was still a a when my mom tried to find a job she would be sexually harassed his mother ended up also leaving when samora was five. he was left in the care of his grandparents. she promised to come back. but the situation as we like to call it in this level or just kept getting worse at what point. did you begin having that conversation that you were going to leave el salvador? know i've always wanted to leave but i wanted to be with my parents that meant traveling alone at the age of nine with a coyote and others from el salvador to the us-mexico border. it took them nine weeks. he rides about it in his new book solito the word solo in spanish means alone. what does the word solito in spanish mean? well literally means little alone alone with only his backpack too embarrassed. he seldom shared his traumatic experience with others until now it wasn't until i began to write this book. that i

javier zamora's father was forced to leave the country. samora was only a year old and then the war ended but economically speaking things that didn't change and there was still a lot of violence and when my mom tried to find a job she would be sexually harassed his mother ended up also leaving when samora was five. he was left in the care of his grandparents. she promised to come back. but the situation as we like to call it in this level or just kept getting worse at what point. did you begin having that conversation that you were going to leave el salvador? you know, i've always wanted to leave. i wanted to be with my parents that meant traveling alone at the age of nine with a coyote and others from el salvador to the us-mexico border. it took them nine weeks. he writes about it in his new book solito the word solo in spanish means alone. what does the word solito in spanish mean? well literally means little alone alone with only his backpack too embarrassed. he seldom shared his traumatic experience with others until now it wasn't unt

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we have the story of javier zamora who at the age of nine left the war-torn el salvador by himself to join his parents in the canal district of san rafael . so little, he didn't know how to tie his own shoes. he talks about it in his immensely moving more. lyanne melendez spoke to zamora about his treacherous journey to america. >>y pen during thcine: it was 's that it was so dangerous, his father was forced to leave. zamora was only a year old. >> the year ended but economically speaking, things didn't change and there was still a lot of violence. when my mom tried to find a job, she would be sexually harassed. lyanne: his mother ended up also leaving when he was five, left in the care of his grandparents. >> she promised to come back but the situation, as we like to call it, kept getting worse. lyanne: what point did you have that conversation that you were going to leave el salvador? >> i always wanted to leave. i wanted to be with my parents. lyanne: that meant traveling alone at the age of nine with a coyote and others in el salvador. it took them nine weeks. he writes about it i

. >> sunday on q and a, author and poet javier zamora discusses his book a memoir, which he details a story of his migration from el salvador to the u.s. at the age of nine traveling through near impossible and treacherous conditions across guatemala, mexico, and the sonoran desert. javier zamora on c-span q and a. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, the senate judiciary committee examines what resources are necessary to hold worker and perpetrators accountable following a un mandated investigation that found russian forces to engage in violence against ukrainian civilians. then aviation industry stakeholders testify before senate commerce and science transportation subcommittee about new and emerging technologies not to best integrate them to the 2023 faa reauthorization. after that, former u.s. solicitors general and jeffrey discussed the supreme court's upcoming term. ♪ c-span as your unfiltered view of government picked we are funded by these television companies and more. including comcast brake work so you just thinking this is just a community center? no it's way more than that bi