Cambridge is planning two walk-a-thons to raise money and remember Oscar Romero’s martyrdom. Friday March 25 – 3 PM City Hall to Harvard Square and back. Saturday March 26 – 11 am at Fresh Pond. You can walk in your own neighborhood, organize a team, walk on a treadmill, wheel yourself or simply think about moving […]
(PUBLICADO ORIGINALMENTE POR LA PRENSA GRÁFICA) Military personnel drive units of routes 42 and 152 confiscated from Catalino Miranda, and the Government announces the hiring of drivers. On Saturday, the Government announced the capture of transport businessman Catalino Miranda and removal of permits to drive 42 and 152 routes managed by his company ACOSTES. […]
(PUBLICADO ORIGINALMENTE POR DIARIO CO-LATINO) The Confederation of Federations of the Salvadoran Agrarian Reform (CONFRAS) considers that this year there will be a decrease in the national production of basic grains and vegetables, given the increased cost of inputs for agricultural production and little government support. They say that this, in turn, will generate […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last year, the Austin committee supported the community of El Guajoyo with the installation of a pump for the well that Agua Viva previously built for them. Guajoyo has struggled with water scarcity. Its water source has been affected by drought and its vulnerability to pollution. The flow of the river […]
Written by Molly Todd Sister Cities is sad to inform that Susan S. Lloyd died on February 3, 2022. She was 86 years old. Sue was a long-time supporter of US-Latin America solidarity work. Alongside her husband, the Reverend Art Lloyd (whom she married in 1960), she played a foundational role in the formation […]
(ARTICULO DE FACTUM DISPONIBLE EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) An article written by Gerson Najera Relatives and friends of victims of forced disappearance have gathered in a block to demand respect and an immediate response from the Government to the reports of disappearances. “I ask the president (Nayib Bukele) to be empathic. What if it was […]
The murder of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, committed by a death squad 42 years ago in El Salvador, remains unpunished. Even though Tutela Legal denounced this last year and questioned the slowness of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), nothing has changed. Many people still don’t know about Romero’s work and how he became “the voice […]
Context/Contexto Back in December, we drafted a letter for U.S. committees and National Members to sign and share with our sistered communities in El Salvador. After gathering signatures, Zulma and Mario worked with CRIPDES to distribute the message below to our communities. // En diciembre, escribimos una carta para que los comités y miembros nacionales […]
(LEA EL ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) This is a translation of an Op Ed written by José María Tojeira, former dean of the Central American University (UCA): The great massacres almost always required clandestine graves. Many of them were discovered after the wars that provoked such killings. This is how the Nazis acted […]
Fitch Ratings has downgraded El Salvador’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’. In Fitch’s view, weakening of institutions and concentration of power in the presidency have increased policy unpredictability, and the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender has added uncertainty about the potential for an IMF program that would unlock financing for […]