Last Wednesday, November 25th, Nayib Bukele addressed the nation to explain his plan of vaccination for El Salvador. Afterwards, the Presidential House said in a now deleted tweet that the army would be in charge of its application. This year, the army has become a great ally of the presidential house, supporting with “sanitary” fences, […]
EL DIARIO DE HOY reports: From September 24 to 30 of this year, the Ministry of National Defense (MDN) spent just over $ 249,000 to buy advertising space on various Salvadoran TV channels. Between October 6 and 7, COMPRASAL (the electronic public procurement system) published a list of 15 purchases of air time that […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Popular education is centered in the process of learning in community with others, in sharing our experiences and growing through the sharing and production of knowledge. We open ourselves up and share freely within the space. We play games, create skits, and form small groups. So how can we recreate this […]
Last weekend we held our annual National Gathering for 2020. Due to COVID, we held the event on Zoom. Although it was sad not being to be surrounded by friends, this modality enabled the participation of some who were never able to travel before (or never received their traveling VISAs). The weekend was facilitated by […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) STATEMENT ON JOE BIDEN’S VICTORY IN THE U.S. ELECTIONS THE ORGANIZATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE SPEAK The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), the SHARE Foundation, Voices on The Border and the U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities Network speak about the electoral results […]
By Catherine Hoffman Dear friends of Sister Cites and Mario Davila, Mario died Friday morning – peacefully in his sleep. Mario was the catalyst for our Cambridge El Salvador Sister City Project and remained faithful to it for the whole time. His experience as an activist in El Salvador guided our inception and […]
DIARIO CO-LATINO reported about the event organized on October 28 by Movimiento por la Salud “Salvador Allende”/ Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social (ALAMES) to commemorate the health personnel who died fighting COVID19 in El Salvador. The Movement for Health “Salvador Allende” / Latin American Association of Social Medicine (ALAMES) rendered a memorial recognition to 142 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) After the tragedy in Nejapa exposed once again the lack of coordination in the current civil protection system, the Salvadoran government decided to decree a “red alert” due to the arrival of the tropical storm ETA. Its effects in El Salvador have been diverse. Strong winds are reported in several areas, […]
EL FARO reports: With the majority vote of three commissioners recently elected by Nayib Bukele and who were elected less than 3 months ago, the Institute of Access to Public Information (IAIP) revoked a resolution of its own from last June. As the highest authority on access to public information, the IAIP had ordered the […]
FACTUM reports: On June 11, 2020, when the official number of COVID cases in El Salvador reached 3,481, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) made the decision to put documentation on coronavirus tests in the Reserved Information Index. The information regarding the taking, processing and dissemination of results will be classified until June 11, 2022, […]