Public Statements against Mineral Mining in El Salvador U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities 27 February 2009 As the time allowed by the Notice of Intent (NOI) for arbitration filed by the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim Corp. against the Salvadoran government continues to wind down, public statements opposing mineral extraction have increased. It is still unclear […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
Serious Concerns of Anomalies and Violations to Electoral Regulations in El Salvador Congressional Brief February 2009 Introduction We, as U.S. citizens, are very concerned about fraud in El Salvador’s upcoming presidential elections on March 15th, 2009. We have followed the January 18th, 2009 Municipal and Legislative elections closely, and are concerns about structural problems […]
Press Release from the Sister Cities Electoral Observation Delegation San Salvador, January 20, 2009 The observation delegation of Sister Cities in coordination with the Initiative for Social Democracy (ISD) observed in the municipalities of Chalatenango and Sacacoyo. On this inauguration day of President Barack Obama we are making a special recognition of the people […]
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Evangelical Pastor Antonio Bolainez Presents Misinformation to Salvadorans: States that U.S.-El Salvador relations, the well-being of Salvadoran immigrants, and commercial agreements are at risk if the Left wins the March 15th Presidential Elections February 12, 2009 On Thursday February 12, Salvadoran Newspaper El Diario de Hoy reported that Antonio Bolainez, one of President […]
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US Embassy denounces use of Obama´s Image in FMLN Campaign Ads after ignoring their use in Ads by the Right. In December 2008, the US- El Salvador Sister Cities Network alerted the US Embassy that ads by the group Fuerza Solidaria included a video of Obama´s Advisor on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, that said […]
US Citizens Concerned: Salvadoran Government Accusations Implicate Civilians in “Armed Group Activity” without Evidence Accusations during Close Presidential Race Raise Serious Concerns about Military Deployment and Independence of State Institutions Report by US-El Salvador Sister Cities January 19, 2009 Introduction: We, US Citizens are very concerned over the nature of recent public accusations by […]
The Electoral Observation Delegation of U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities in coordination with the Initiative for Social Democracy (ISD) consisted of 8 persons which included nurses, psychologists, professors, environmentalists, and sociologists. These individuals came from various cities of the United States and Sweden representing the organization Sister Cities and its 17 committees in the United States. […]
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By Arthur Brice, CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/19/el.salvador.election/ Tallies from Sunday’s nationwide voting showed El Salvador’s main leftist party losing its hold on the capital but opening a lead Monday in the Legislative Assembly. Violeta Menjivar, the incumbent mayoral candidate of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, did not concede defeat in the mayor’s […]
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By Leigh Hardy The political slogan “Yes We Can” has contextualized my understanding of democracy since I was born, but in its original language of Spanish. During high school, my mother was active in supporting the United Farm Workers movement, where the slogan “Si Se Puede” has its origins. When we visited her small […]
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CRIPDES Position Regarding Pacific Rim Notice of Intent January 2009 Confronting the threat of the suit from the Mining Corporations (Pacific Rim) under the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), the Association for the Development of El Salvador CRIPDES, states: At the end of 2001 the political parties ARENA, PCN, […]