Comunicado de CRIPDES ante los eventos del domingo 9 de febrero

Denunciamos el golpe a la democracia que el presidente Bukele perpetró en la Asamblea Legislativa La Asociación para el Desarrollo de El Salvador (CRIPDES) en representación de más de 300 comunidades hacemos de su conocimiento nuestra preocupación ante el atentado del presidente Nayib Bukele contra La Asamblea Legislativa sucedido el día domingo 9 de febrero […]

Press release regarding sunday’s actions at the Legislative Assembly

Comunicado 10 02 2020 Organizaciones solidarias   PRESS RELEASE The organizations in solidarity with the Salvadoran people, based in the United States of America, that emerged to accompany the most vulnerable people during the armed conflict, in the face of the crisis generated between the powers of the Legislative and Executive State, we declare the […]

El Show de Bukele / Bukele’s show

(ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO POR UNIVISION)   Bukele’s show On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Bukele announced on his Twitter account that the Council of Ministers agreed to call the deputies to an extraordinary session. Then, he wrote in his social network that if the deputies disobeyed the order, the Salvadoran people had the right to insurrection. The […]

Pronunciamiento – Bukele y los militares en la Asamblea /Statement – Bukele and militars at the Legislative Assembly

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   We condemn the attack against democracy perpetrated yesterday by President Bukele in his “coup attempt” against the Legislative Assembly We, the different organizations of the social movement present here, in the face of the serious attack against democracy through the Executive’s actions against the Legislative Assembly, before national and international public […]

Ordenanza ambiental de Tecoluca / Environmental Ordinance in Tecoluca

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In 2015, the MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TECOLUCA, DEPARTMENT OF SAN VICENTE, was approved. In spite of including articles referring to the distance that must exist between sugarcane plantations and the communities, the strip of one hundred meters of cultivation that […]

Historic photos from Mesa Grande

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Every August, Teosinte commemorates its anniversary of repatriation. During last year’s celebration, they showed some videos and photos showcasing the lives of refugees in the camp of Mesa Grande (Honduras). This, with the purpose of sharing this with new generations and making sure that they don’t forget what those who founded […]

2020 Scholarship recipients / Becarias y becarios de 2020 en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Today, a new group of young people signed an agreement with the scholarship program of CRIPDES San Vicente. These young folks were chosen by the community boards to receive a partial scholarship that will help them to finish their high school, this is specially important this year when the school packages […]

Tony Saca and Ana Ligia de Saca – Preliminary Hearing

The District Attorney’s ofice requested today to the first civil chamber that former ARENA president Antonio Saca and his wife return 4,559,621.65 US Dollars that they have not been able to justify. This money seems to have been laundered through their personal accounts and through their radio corporation SAMIX. (Source)   Ana Ligia de Saca […]

Quién es la Fundación Heritage / Who is the Heritage Foundation

(IN ENGLISH BELOW)   En noviembre de 2019, el periodico “The Guardian” publicó un artículo titulado “Cómo los tanques de pensamiento de la derecha radical cambiaron al partido conservador“. Este artículo habla del rol que estos tanques de pensamiento (como FUSADES) tuvo en la separación del Reino Unido y la Unión Europea, lo que ahora […]

Teosinte’s new directiva

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Teosinte elected their new community board. They are: Secretary General (President): Humberto Mejía Minutes Secretary (and sistering rep): Sandra Nohemy Guardado (not pictured) Finance secretary: Rosa Adela Herrera Education secretary: José Osmaro Flores Legal affairs: Flor Idalia Ayala Health secretary: Osmin Sibrian Women’s secretary: Erika Yamileth contreras     Teosinte eligió […]