(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) As we approach the day of our conversation with Roberto Lovato, the Cambridge committee is inviting you to this online event to learn about what’s happening in El Salvador. REGISTER HERE ZOOM LINK HERE TAX- DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE HERE *** En ruta a […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) It’s a new year and we already have big plans! Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project Presents: A Conversation with Roberto Lovato When Thursday, February 3, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET Where On Zoom Register here https://bit.ly/LovatoBookTalk Spanish interpretation available. All are welcome! This event […]
If you’ve been following our blog and are subscribed to our listserv, you know this year has been particularly challenging for the Salvadoran social movement as the Bukele administration grew increasingly authoritarian throughout the year. Nevertheless, last weekend our network met virtually for our annual National Gathering. We had over 50 participants throughout Saturday and […]
We want to share with you the agenda for our 2021 national gathering that’s happening this weekend Don’t forget to register here: https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kce-hrD4vHNM2E5_oxBuNpeJp28yd6mmR TIME (East) DURATION ACTIVITY DAY 1 1:00 10 min Welcome and logistics (including Zoom, website) – introductions on the chat 1:10 5 min Reviewing the agenda 1:15 15 min Icebreaker activity […]
After Nayib Bukele made his big announcement of “Bitcoin City”, José Miguel Cruz, the director of research at the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University made the following statement: “It’s crazy to think that everything will be done in a few years. In fact, I don’t remember any project in a […]
We share with you the 2021 newsletter of the Binghamton committee. This committee is sistered with El Charcon, a community supported by CRIPDES SUR in the department of La Libertad.
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Not only Honduras held elections this past weekend, the community of Teosinte, in San Francisco Morazán, has elected a new board of directors. Accompanied by the mayor’s office and representation of the CCR, the electoral process was carried out, and it had the following results: POSITION ALTERNATE General Secretariat María Catalina […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Dick Williams passed away a year ago. Given his commitment to El Salvador, we thought it was only fair to show a bit of our appreciation. Professor Molly Todd writes the following: Dick Williams by Molly Todd At the 2015 National Gathering of the US-El Salvador Sister Cities network in […]
(IN ENGLISH HERE) Comunicado publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2021 (Washington, DC) – Hoy, los representantes Albio Sires (D-NJ) y Mark Green (R-TN), presidente y miembro de alto rango, respectivamente, del Subcomité de Asuntos Exteriores de la Cámara sobre el Hemisferio Occidental, Seguridad Civil, Migración y Política Económica Internacional, emitieron la siguiente […]
This post is an update on the events that unfolded on November 22, where NGOs were targeted and searched by the National Police at District Attorney of El Salvador. These were some of the first actions observed since the Foreign Agents Law was proposed, where the Bukele Administration began to require a 40% tax from […]