U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Jean Manes said today on local television that she will be returning to the U.S. and that relations between El Salvador and the United States are temporarily on hold “due to the Salvadoran government’s apparent lack of interest in dialogue” after several meetings where they wanted to verify whether the Salvadoran government […]
Since the Salvadoran government announced its intention to pass a “Foreign agents Law” that would create a new tax of 40% and a fine of up to $10,000 dollars to organizations deemed to be attempting against “national security”, several organizations and collectives have reacted, especially after Tuesday’s meeting where the Nuevas Ideas representatives approved a […]
Just like in April last year, in the middle of lockdown, El Salvador has faced another day of a surprising spike in homicides. LA PRENSA GRÁFICA reports: Only this Wednesday, November 10, at least 20 murders were reported, according to the Police (PNC). Due to this, President Nayib Bukele announced that the police and the […]
CONTEXT The U.S. Embassy recently approved funding for organizations working in the region, through USAID. The relationship of the Salvadoran government and the US Government is not “solid”, as stated by the Chargé d’ affaires ad Interim Jean Manes: “We have investments in different projects. USAID support is in the hundreds of millions in different […]
(READ THE ORIGINAL IN SPANISH HERE) The Central American University (UCA) recently published an editorial about the growing problem of missing people in El Salvador. Here’s our translation: In El Salvador, the disappearance of people is daily news. Until August 31 of this year, 789 people are reported missing, an average of 3.3 […]
Today we want to share an inspirational story from the Chicago committee, sistered with Cinquera: Working in solidarity with other groups For more than 20 years the Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities committee has participated in a multi-group fundraising event—the Pedal for Peace Bike-a-thon! All participating organizations support community projects in Latin America or focus […]
Lawyers suggest that they are “criminalizing social protest” and establishing a “regime of exception” or state of siege in El Salvador. Artículo original en español aquí. Written by Eugenia Velásquez of elsalvador.com Translated by Sister Cities On Wednesday, the Legislative Assembly approved a new initiative similar to the one that they recently extended […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) After having participated in our delegation focused on the issue of migration, Professor Patricia Rodriguez did not forget what the inhabitants of the Santa Marta community in San Vicente shared with her, and decided to partner with Professor Sofía Villenas to apply for a grant at Cornell University. Thus was born […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In the spirit of the International Day of Rural Women, with the support and accompaniment of U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities, the SHARE Foundationn among others, the National Women’s Roundtable organized this event on October 15, in which approximately 40 women from rural communities representing the 5 regions of CRIPDES gathered to […]
The entire USESSC team wants to thank you for your support to our 2021 midyear fundraising effort. Thanks to you, we successfully raised $10,000 to support CRIPDES’ women’s program and $1,000 to support the TPS Alliance. Your donations amounted to $14,000 dollars that have enabled us to contribute to the mobilization of participants […]