Withstanding police and military repression, Hondurans have continued constant protest against the coup which expelled President Manuel Zelaya last Sunday. Thousands of Hondurans have begun to travel on foot to Tegucigalpa to be present in support of Zelaya when he returns to the country this Saturday. Since Manuel Zelaya was removed from his house by […]
CRIPDES is receiving information daily from their colleagues in the Honduran social movement, who have been constantly moving around the country because of persecution. As a demonstration of their support for the Salvadoran people, CRIPDES and the MPR-12 are organizing hundreds of people to march at two areas of the Honduran border of El Salvador, […]
Message from CRIPDES National Board Companeros and Companeras of the CRIPDES board, delegates from the five regions of CRIPDES, Companeros from popular organizations and friends from solidarity and cooperation organizations, please receive the most fraternal and communal greeting from the Association for the Development of El Salvador CRIPDES. In July 2009, CRIPDES celebrates 25 […]
Speech by Miriam Ayala, President of the CCR Please receive a fraternal greeting of solidarity from the Directive Board of the CCR. Greetings to the Presidents, Leaders, Youth, Professors, Veterans, and people representing the different national and international institutions that works hand in hand with the CCR for the development of our communities. Before […]
By Michelle Petrotta, SHARE Foundation, January 2009 Updated by Jan Morrill, U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities, June 2009 PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP. FILES SUIT AGAINST SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation, a Vancouver based mining company, issued a press release announcing that the company has filed a Notice of Intent […]
Pacific Rim Officially Files Suit Against Salvadoran Government Canadian mining company Pacific Rim mining Corp. has officially filed suit against the Salvadoran government in an international trade tribunal. After filing a Notice of Intent of Arbitration (NOI) in December of 2008, the company presented its claim to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes […]
In his first two weeks in office, Mauricio Funes and his government ministries have begun to expose the results of 20 years of ARENA governing and look for ways to respond to that corruption. Phantom Salaries and Overspending Uncovered The FMLN has found an alarming number of irregularities in the former ARENA government ministries. […]
People of my nation, It is a tremendous honor to receive this presidential sash. I do so with humility, aware of the responsibilities involved and the commitments that I must fulfill. I will be faithful to the oath that I have made, guiding myself by the nation’s interests and by the desire to serve, especially […]
Translated by Sister Cities The inauguration of the new president of El Salvador is a testimony to the strength and durability of democracy in the Americas. Since the election of Mauricio Funes this year, we have been witnesses to a peaceful transfer of power between two parties that used to be in conflict and […]
Monday morning, amidst shouts of “Que viva Funes,” “El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido” and “Sí Se Pudo,” Mauricio Funes Cartagena was inaugurated President of El Salvador in the International Fair and Conventions Center. It was a day full of first. As President Funes himself pointed out, it was the first time in Salvadoran history […]