2014 may be winding down, but U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities sure isn´t! We still have 2 opportunities for network members nationwide to engage in social justice and solidarity here in El Salvador. November 14- 21 This November, learn about the organizing work being done in the Salvadoran countryside in historic communities and their experiences […]
Y.O.I.K. 2014 Youth Organizing Immersion Kamp!! Dates: December 14-21, 2014 Cost: $650* plus cost of flight U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities is hosting its FIRST EVER youth activist immersion camp, bringing together young people who want to make change happen in their communities from El Salvador and the U.S. Visit historic communities in El Salvador and […]
The Trade Union Federation of Food, Beverage, Hotel, Restaurant and Agro Workers (FESTSSABHRA), the Salvadoran Union and Social Front (FSS), the Trade Union Confederation of Workers of El Salvador (CSTS), the Popular Resistance Movement of October 12 (MPR-12), U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities, the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) and the Permanent Bureau […]
Buy or reserve your tickets now! The National Gathering will be held in Austin, Texas this year on Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 11th and 12th). This is the same weekend as the Austin City Limits music festival so flights into Austin may fill up early.
Join Sister Cities Sunday, June 29th at 5 PM Eastern for our Interactive Webinar with members of the MPR-12 involved with Honduras Solidarity from El Salvador!! REGISTER HERE
We Stand in Solidarity with our Salvadoran Allies Against the US Manipulation of Development Aid San Salvador – June 6, 2014, in front of the US Embassy. This morning, we as solidarity organizations based in the United States- Committees in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), US –El Salvador Sister Cities, […]
Agricultural Cooperatives feel our local economies threatened by the intrusion of the United States Government Over 3 years, the agricultural cooperatives have managed to develop the technique of seed production of both corn and beans. This method produces high quality produce which has been certified with the technical and financial support of the Ministry of […]
Taken from John Perry´s Article on May 20, 2014. Read the full article here Pacific Rim (acquired last year by OceanaGold), owns a mine in El Dorado, El Salvador. It has met massive community opposition over the past five years. This has led to intimidation and assassinations; a 2010 report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature […]
Jose Isabel “Chabelo” Morales Lopez, 37, is a small farmer (campesino), whose family is part of Honduras’agricultural communities in the Aguán Valley in the heart of the African palm-producing region of the northern coast. He has been in prison for more than 5 years for a crime that he did not commit. His arrest and […]
On Monday, April 28, 2014, Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) began circulating a sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter in the U.S. House of Representatives to Secretary of State John Kerry addressing Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Honduras. The letter states that “egregious violations of human rights continue” almost 5 years after the coup. It raises concerns about militarization of the […]