Social Movement Organizations File Lawsuit Against Unconstitutional Appointments of Ex-Generals On February 21, a group of Salvadoran human rights organizations submittted a lawsuit alleging that the recent appointments of two former generals to the posts of Minister of Justice and Public Safety, and CEO of the National Police are unconsitutional. During the rally and press […]
1. The Costs of ICSID Arbitration and the Consequences for Social Rights in El Salvador (See Below) 2. Salvadoran Activists Hold Protest in Solidarity with Indigenous Mining Resisters in Panama By Jan Morrill, International Allies Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador On February 10th, as clashes continued between the government of Panama and indigenous groups […]
February 6, 2012 The struggle against mining is gaining force in the state of Wisconsin. On Thursday, January 26th the Wisconsin Assembly (which has a strong Republican majority) passed a bill that would make the process of gaining iron mining permits in the state easier. The bill is called AB 426, and will now go […]
Keynote Address at the Salvadoran Consulate of New England on January 16, 2012 by Jim Wallace, Cambridge-Las Flores Sister City The Boston area has a long history of solidarity with El Salvador: U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities, CISPES and the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s. We had three church communities participating in the Sanctuary movement. During […]
By Sarah Anderson From the Huffington Post With patriotic fanfare, the Obama administration announced this week that it would ban new uranium mining projects around the Grand Canyon. At a ceremony at the National Geographic Society in Washington, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the ban was “the right approach for this priceless American landscape.” He […]
January 17, 2012 From the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) On Monday morning, January 16, crowds gathered in the small community of El Mozote to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords that ended El Salvador´s 12-year-long civil war. El Mozote, in the rural department of Morazán, is the […]
by Jan Morrill “Why is it that so many people in the U.S. care about the communities of El Salvador? How can they give so much and expect nothing in return?” I was asked this question in Chalatenango, during one of my last visits as Sister Cities El Salvador staff. This was not the […]
La Concertación Mons. Romero, hace un vehemente llamado a la comunidad nacional e internacional para tomar conciencia de que el 10 de diciembre próximo celebramos el 63º aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos y que los días 10-13 de diciembre del presente año se cumplen 30 años de la Masacre de El […]
Salvadoran and international organizations held a press conference on Monday December 12th to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Mozote Massacre and denounce the impunity and silence surrounding this case and other cases of human rights abuses and violence committed during El Salvador’s 12 year civil war. The organizations that signed on to the statement […]
Democracy Center and the Institute for Policy Studies Release Video about El Salvador, Investor/State Disputes and Popular Resistance Democracy Center and the Institute for Policy Studies recently released a short video about the way big transnational companies are using free trade agreements and the International Center for Investment Disputes (ICSID) to force developing countries to […]