Author Archives: Mario Guevara

Carta de representantes para el Secretario de Estado Antony Blinken

(IN ENGLISH HERE)   Los representantes Mark Pocan y Jim McGovern, junto a otros 15 representantes demócratas, enviaron una carta al secretario de Estado, Antony Blinken, pidiéndole que intervenga para la liberación de los defensores de Santa Marta, arrestados en enero de este año. La carta dice lo siguiente:   Estimado Secretario Blinken, Escribimos para […]

Sarah Bruhn: reflection after visiting Las Flores / reflexión después de visitar SJLF

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Beauty and Connection in Times of Struggle   At dawn, I tiptoed out of the room I shared with a fellow educator and three vivacious high school girls, all of us from the Boston area, all of us grateful for the chance to be in solidarity with the community of San […]

Relatives of imprisoned people in El Salvador demand their release

The relatives of innocent people arrested during the State of exception have organized under the name MOVIR, “Movement of Victims of the Salvadoran Regime”. On march 28th, they decided to march towards the Legislative Assembly and present the following statement. The thousands of Salvadoran families affected by the State of Exception express: 1- The application […]

U.S. stance on mass incarceration of innocents in El Salvador

  #RégimenDeExcepción | 66 víctimas de personas capturadas de las comunidades del Bajo Lempa, con apoyo de @Cristosal, han denunciado al Estado salvadoreño ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) por violación sistemática de sus derechos humanos en el régimen. pic.twitter.com/gz7BB4mNdJ — Revista GatoEncerrado (@GatoEncerradoSV) March 10, 2023 On March 6th, the U.S. government […]

Families from the lower Lempa region demand mitigation works

Inhabitants of the lower Lempa region organized a demonstration today asking for mitigation works that need to take place before the start of the rainy season. The region has managed to remain organized in the absence of the figure of governors. Nevertheless they make the following plea to the government to prevent the kind of […]

Update in the Santa Marta case

It’s been almost two months since the community organizers from ADES and Santa Marta (Cabañas) were arrested. The Attorney General has requested that the access to all the information regarding this case is restricted.   DIARIO CO-LATINO reports: The defense of the organizers asked the Criminal Chamber of Cojutepeque to reverse the disputed decision of […]

Families from Guajoyo facing eviction as the government opens new prison in the area

Last night, president Bukele broadcasted a pre-recorded video to showcase the new prison in Tecoluca, San Vicente. BBC Mundo writes: In the midst of an exception regime that restricts individual liberties, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Tuesday night the inauguration of a prison called the “Confinement center for Terrorism.” … In […]

Kate: Reflections from Binghamton

By Kate Chesebrough   From January 11 – 20th the Binghamton-El Charcón Sister Cities Project (BECSCP) went on a delegation to visit our sister community in El Charcón as well as Boca Poza and Santa Marta, two other communities that CRIPDES works with. Five delegates went on the trip, four of which serve on the […]

USESSC and CISPES in solidarity with ADES / Ciudades Hermanas y CISPES en solidaridad con ADES y Santa Marta

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   USESSC and CISPES are releasing the following statement to support the leaders of Santa Marta arrested in January 11:   The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) and U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities – international solidarity organizations that have accompanied the Salvadoran popular social movements and their struggles – strongly […]

Leaders of ADES and Santa Marta in Cabañas have been arrested

The historical community of Santa Marta in Cabañas woke up today with an operative of the police in which several leaders were arrested. Read their statement below:   URGENT! To the national and international community, civil society organizations, friends of Santa Marta and the ADES association, we urgently inform: The Attorney General Office and the […]