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Oct
Oct
Yesterday, during the News Brief, NPR hosts Noel King and Danny Hajek talked about Monsignor Romero’s role in El Salvador and they also featured his friend, Octavio Duran. DANNY HAJEK: Well, Romero’s always been controversial, especially within the Catholic Church. He supported the poor. He was critical of the government. So he was accused of […]
11
Oct
Oct
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, I was one of the hundreds of Salvadorans that marched asking for justice in the case of Monsignor Romero. Oscar Romero was assassinated 38 years ago and this weekend he will be proclaimed the first saint of El Salvador. Nevertheles, and despite what was stablished by the report of the United […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Our friends from PICA sent this invitation to celebrate Bangor’s relationship with Carasque: En agosto de 1995, cuatro años después de que iniciara el hermanamiento de Bangor a través de Ciudades Hermanas, Bangor le dio la bienvenida a Julia y Mario, los primeros carasqueños en visitar. Como un acto […]
10
Oct
Oct
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) From september 21st to september 23rd, the Maine Organic Farmers And Gardeners Association (MOFGA) held their annual Country Fair. This year they were kind enough to invite Luis Avilés, a member of the Popular Movement of Organic Farming (MOPAO, in Spanish) to talk about his experience as an organic farmer in San […]
08
Oct
Oct
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last friday, on October 5th, Alfredo López facilitated the assembly of scholarship recipients who are supported in their studies thanks to the contributions of the Sister Cities’ committees. The topic developed during the assembly was “Benefits and danger of technology”; but the most interesting was listening the assignment they got from […]
08
Oct
Oct
Now more than ever is important to think about the effects of climate change in our planet. The most affected countries will always be the poorest. El Salvador has been placed in the 16th spot of most vulnerable countries to climate change. We are indeed facing its effects: after a severe drought that affected the […]
07
Oct
Oct
(Lea el original en español aquí) In the most pessimistic scenario, El Salvador could lose up to 93% of its available water due to climate change: it would move from 1,752 cubic meters a year per person to 122 in the year 2100, a 93% reduction. This, according to a study of the United Nations Economic […]
01
Oct
Oct
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last thursday, on september 27th, the different regions of CRIPDES and Sister Cities joined the call made by religious leaders and the Water Forum, rejecting the idea of having private companies among those regulating water distribution in El Salvador. The attendees marched asking for a reform that would make access to […]
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Sep
Sep
The Guardian recently wrote an article about the danger of having the private sector involved in the water supply system. “What we are going to have is a country that has less and less drinking water and that has a higher percentage of contaminated water,” said Andreu Oliva, the rector of Central American University José […]