The tropical storm that dumped 10 days of record breaking rainfall on Central America in October forced 50,000 people to flee their homes, caused 34 deaths and nearly $1 billion worth of damages to infrastructure and houses, and affected a total of 150,000 people in El Salvador. In the CRIPDES regions, there were over 3160 […]
Uninvited Guests on Thanksgiving: How the Occupy Movement Came to El Salvador By Alexandra Early Originally posted on Counterpunch.org. At the U.S. embassy here on Thursday (Nov. 24), Ambassador Carmen Aponte held a gala Thanksgiving dinner for a select group of local and North American guests. Outside the castle-like embassy compound, there were some uninvited visitors […]
Join our delegation to accompany the CRIPDES communities during the March 11th, 2012 municipal and legislative elections. Participating in the Election Observation Delegation is an exciting way to learn about the Salvadoran political process, respond to the request for observers from our partners, accompany the rural communities and advocate for free and fair elections. The approximate […]
November 23, 2011 On November 21st, Milwaukee Public Radio Station WUWM invited Matt Hrodey, a journalist with Milwaukee Magazine, and John Machulak, the lawyer for the mining company Commerce Group, to an on air interview about the Commerce Group’s actions in El Salvador and its suit for $100 million against the Salvadoran government. […]
Free Trade Deal in Action: Milwaukee Firm Seeks $100 Million From El Salvador Govt. By Roger Bybee Thursday Nov 3, 2011 3:19 pm Inthesetimes.com/working Company challenges country's decision to close mine due to pollution For working people, talk of free trade agreements tends to trigger fear of being pitted against workers in low-wage nations—and being […]
From October 3rd to October 19th, Sister Cities celebrated its 25th Anniversary out on the open road between the cornfields visiting our committees in the Midwest. Sister Cities staff members were accompanied by Agustin Menijivar, president of the CCR (the Chalatenango regional wing of CRIPDES), and leader of the historic community or Arcatao; Kenia Ortiz, […]
Communities Organize Disaster Response & Demand More Government Collaboration JIQUILISCO, El Salvador – As thousands of Salvadorans return to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives after last week’s historic rain and floods, many officials and civil society organizations in the region are blaming climate change for the catastrophe and calling upon the government […]
October 20, 2011 Yesterday, after 10 days of rain, the sun came out in El Salvador, and the forecast calls for more sun in the upcoming days. But the effects of the storm, called the most damaging in the history of the country, continue. During the storm, twice the amount of rain fell as during […]
October 19, 2011 The crisis caused by a succession of tropical storms in Central America grows as the rain continues to fall in El Salvador. There have been 90 deaths reported in Central America and over 700,000 people affected on a regional level. In El Salvador the death toll rose by one, to 33, today […]
La Libertad: Families in the municipality of Comasagua are still being evacuated. Last night and in the early dawn today 375 more people were evacuated from communities that were in areas at risk for landslides. Northern San Salvador: The regional branch […]