As many of you have heard, heavy rains as a result of Hurricane Ida that hit Nicaragua recently caused flooding throughout El Salvador. Many CRIPDES communities, especially in the area of La Libertad and the communities of Las Anonas and Chilama, have been affected by the rains. CRIPDES is working to help those affected in […]
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THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOULD NOT SUPPORT ELECTIONS RUN BY A COUP GOVERNMENT! On October 29th, an agreement was reached between the de facto regime in Honduras and the elected president Manuel Zelaya, for the restoration of democracy. But the ink was barely dry on the accord when leaders of the coup regime indicated that they […]
ARENA, the conservative party which ruled El Salvador for twenty years before its defeat in presidential elections in March 2009, has an internal rebellion on its hands. As described in El Faro, twelve of ARENA’s 32 deputies in the National Assembly have declared themselves independent of the party leadership. They are demanding 2 seats on […]
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Source: The Associated Press El Salvador’s president says the country will award its highest honor to six Jesuit priests murdered by the army in 1989. President Mauricio Funes says the National Order of Jose Matias Delgado awards are a “public act of atonement” for mistakes by past governments. They will be presented on Nov. 16 […]
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Source: Voices on the Border Congressman Michael Michaud (D-ME) and 106 other members of Congress recently introduced the TRADE (Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment) Act of 2009, which calls for a reevaluation of international trade agreements. The bill would in part require existing and future trade agreements to include a ban on investor-state dispute […]
Source: The Guardian and Upside Down World Last Friday an agreement was reached between the de facto regime in Honduras, which took power in a military coup on 28 June, and the elected president Manuel Zelaya, for the restoration of democracy there. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, in announcing what she called an historic […]
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La Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería en El Salvador Speaks Out in the U.S. and Canada USESSC is very proud to be present in Washington, D.C., collaborating to host events in Philadelphia, and helping to facilitate a tour in Eastern Canada following the presentation of the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award to the La Mesa […]
El Salvador: Hope, Change and Human Rights A Speaking tour of Salvadoran Community Leader Rosa Centeno USESSC is excited to announce our 2009 Midwest speaking tour featuring Rosa Centeno, president of the Association of the Communities for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES). El Salvador is changing. For the first time in history, a […]
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We in Sister Cities, hope you will come to Chicago for the annual National Gathering on Columbus Day weekend next month, October 10th and 11th. With our network scattered across the country, this is the one time each year that we all have the chance to gather together in person. We look forward with great […]
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CRIPDES Participates in First Economic and Social Council Representatives from El Salvador’s social movement, business sector and officials from Mauricio Funes’s government participated in the inauguration of El Salvador’s first Economic and Social Council (CES) on September 4th. The idea of the Economic and Social Council was a part of the 1992 Peace Accords that […]