December, 2008 It has been an exciting year for the U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC) Network in our work of accompanying the rural communities of CRIPDES and the Salvadoran social movement, and organizing on a local level in the United States. Here are some of our favorite moments: We welcomed with relief and vindication […]
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October 10, 2008 As the presidential election nears, independent polls show opposition candidate Mauricio Funes (FMLN) consistently 15% ahead of the government party candidate (Rodrigo Avila, ARENA). However, the possibility of fraud and U.S. intervention is worrisome. This document outlines five areas of fraud and intervention, four of which have already occurred in El Salvador […]
Pacific Rim Out of El Salvador! Campaign Kicks off November 12 La Virgen de Resistencia In San José Las Flores, keeping mining companies off their land is about more than protecting it from pollution and unwelcome incursions by transnational mining companies. It is a struggle to keep sacred land sacred. On September 13, the […]
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Educating Our Communities Against Propaganda, South and North October, 2008 Education in Chalatenango When the first representatives of the mining companies arrived in Chalatenango, the communities urgently began to educate themselves about this new threat. Those educational efforts began three years ago and have continued uninterrupted ever since. Early experiences included community leaders visiting […]
ContraPunto October 6 2008 Concern increases daily. As the electoral process of 2009 intensifies in El Salvador, the credibility and impartiality of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) declines. Civic organizations in the country have been active in questioning the transparency of the TSE. There are multiple concerns, although the TSE itself assures that it acts […]
By Annie Levenson-Falk October 7th, 2008 In recent years, immigration has been a major issue in U.S. politics, and an area in which we may see major change in coming years. In the past, U.S. representatives have threatened that immigration policy could be changed because of the results of Salvadoran elections. Policy decisions like […]
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Election of Barack Obama: Time for Hope in El Salvador and Around the World? By Rosa Anaya November 6, 2008 Rosa Anaya is the daughter of Herbert Anaya Sanabria, a Salvadoran human rights lawyer and leader who, on October 26, 1987, was assassinated – gunned down in front of his home in San Salvador in […]
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ARENA Presidential Candidate Joins Military Veterans March, Part of a Strategy to Create Fear that Military will Rebel if FMLN Candidate becomes President September 9th, 2008 This Sunday, the Association of Military Veterans (ASVEM), comprised of ex-military members from the Salvadoran Civil War, marched in San Salvador joined by Rodrigo Avila, the presidential candidate for […]
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Organizing in El Salvador, August 2008 This update covers recent mining events in El Salvador, including analysis of Pacific Rim’s suspension of operations, continued education and resistance efforts in the communities, and examples of some of the deceptive tactics used by mining companies. Pacific Rim Suspends Operations in El Salvador Recently, Pacific […]
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Three years after the first aluminum surveying tags appeared in the hills above San José Las Flores, where, according to the Salvadoran mining code, company representatives have no legal right to be, the organized communities of Chalatenango continue to face the threat posed by international gold mining companies. They also continue to organize against them. […]