The beginnings of El Charcon

(EN ESPAÑOL AQUI)   On June 2016, Paulina Dominguez, community leader, shared the history of how the community of El Charcon started, its relationship with CRIPDES and their link with their sistered committee in Binghamton. Some parts have been edited for clarity.   The family started with families that were fleeing from the war that […]

Los inicios organizativos de El Charcón

Paulina Domínguez, lideresa comunitaria, compartió en junio de 2016 los inicios de la comunidad El Charcón, su relación con CRIPDES y el vínculo con el hermanamiento de Binghamton. Se han editado algunas partes para mayor claridad.   La comunidad nació de familias que venían huyendo del conflicto armado que se dio en el año 1980, […]

Girls should not be touched

The magistrates of the First Criminal Chamber concluded that Judge Eduardo Jaime Escalante did not commit the crime of sexual assault, despite the fact that it was documented the touching of the genital area of ​​a child under 10 years old, because the facts indicated it took place on a “public road”, briefly, without violence […]

Institute of Access to Public Information shares citizens’ information with Bukele’s government

A report of Jessica Avalos for FACTUM In the first half of June 2019, the Institute of Access to Public Information sent reports to the Presidential House that contained personal data of information requestors. Following the suspension of this exchange, the president of the Institute authorized the transfer of information requests’ stadistical data. The other […]

MPR12 condemns Bukele’s dismissal of Venezuela’s ambassador

After Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele kicked out Nicolas Maduro’s diplomatic corps, giving them two days to leave the country, the MPR12 (of which CRIPDES is part of) held a press conference and release a statement: On their facebook page. Ronald Johnson’s support to Bukele’s decision is very telling.

Former soldiers of the Atlacatl Battalion testify against their superior in El Mozote trial

(LEA LA NOTICIA COMPLETA AQUÍ)   “You’re going to ask me about the El Mozote massacre, in Morazán, on december 1981”, said “Juan”, hidden behind a wooden screen and through a device that changed his voice. The two former soldiers declare under a pseudonym and their identities are only known by the prosecution and the […]

Water and migration, the failed subjects of the popular president Bukele

(Read the original article in spanish here)   The Salvadoran population points out two issues that should be a priority for President Nayib Bukele: serving migrant detainees in the southern United States and improving access and drinking water service. This is revealed by the evaluation survey of the first one hundred days of government conducted […]

A report on our 2019 national gathering

Last weekend we held our national gathering. Thanks to the secretary of our board, Delia Landers, we have some notes to share with all of you that could not attend.   On El Salvador Felicia Mijango, from CRIPDES regional UCRES, gave an update on El Salvador. The new directiva has six women and one man. […]

A new Human Rights attorney has been elected

Jose Apolonio Tobar has been elected as Human Rights Attorney of El Salvador. 57 congresspeople voted for the proposal of ARENA, FMLN and PDC, even when president Bukele asked them not to.   The method used for his candidacy has been questioned. He also faces accusations of crimes such as ideological falsehood, prevarication, influence peddling […]

That time Julian left Teosinte / La vez que Julián dejó Teosinte

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)     One night in Teosinte I met Julian*, who told me he migrated to the U.S. six years ago and was held in a “freezer” inside a detention center.   One night, on his way to the U.S., he managed to fall asleep under some bushes, but then woke up with […]