Diario Co-Latino reports: The Human Rights Office “Dra. María Julia Hernández ”denounced the serious Human Rights violations suffered by Salvadorans, who in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, are transported without sanitary control and under inhumane conditions, especially those deported from the United States and Mexico. “We want to express our concern for migrants who […]
(PUEDE LEER EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) Today in Spain the trial resumed against Orlando Montano, a former general of the Salvadoran army and for now the only accused as intellectual author of the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two collaborators, committed in 1989 at the Central American University (UCA). These are the witnesses who […]
As we mentioned before, Sacramento State University intended to organize an event to commemorate Oscar Romero’s martyrdom in March 2020. Due to the covid19 pandemic, the event was postponed and later changed into an online panel available here. Sister Cities’ board president Michael Ring and María Elena Martinez represented USESSC on this panel. We hope […]
Diario El Mundo reports: San Miguel, La Unión and Sensuntepeque (Cabañas) have closed their municipal markets and other businesses installed in the commercial areas of those three departmental capitals. Sonsonate and San Francisco Gotera (Morazan) would be taking new actions in the next few hours. The mayor of Sonsonate, Roberto Aquino, announced on his official […]
ARPAS is one of the few outlets still reporting about the on-going trial against militars involved in the massacre of El Mozote. They report: Private prosecutors state that a specialist proposed by the defense of the military to inspect files “has links with the accused”. In the Examining Court of San Francisco Gotera (Department of […]
On Monday, 265 new cases of COVID were reported in El Salvador. The Salvadoran Government is asking for another quarantine, but the Legislative Assembly is asking for more information after several reports of dubious purchases made during the previous lockdown and to make sure such initiative will comply this time with the ruling of the […]
On Saturday, June 20, President Nayib Bukele reported the destitution of Jorge “Koky” Aguilar, the president of the Environmental Fund of El Salvador (FONAES). An article published by Cecibel Romero had previously revealed that his company INSEMA had been awarded a $250,000 dollars contract with the Ministry of Health to provide protection masks amid the […]
(ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) The U.S. Government notified Congress that it plans to include El Salvador in an additional aid package for $252 million, which also includes Guatemala and Honduras, with funds that will help boost their economies amid the pandemic of COVID-19. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced today in a press release […]
Víctor David Castillo Campos, AKA “Piojo”, prosecuted for the aggravated femicide of police officer Carla Ayala, as an accomplice, obtained the benefit of house arrest since the period of provisional detention without a firm sentence can’t be longer than two years. Because of that, women’s organizations and the Human Rights Office are afraid there might […]
Last weekend we held our spring Board Meeting with the great facilitation of former staff member, Cori Ring. These are some highlights we are sharing with you: Plans for development of Sister Cities Inclusion of translation at all meetings and events to increase the accessibility of the organization. Increased coordination with other social […]