Excerpts from an interview with WERU Radio: March 18, 2009 First of all an extensive greetings to all of you. As the FMLN slogan went, hope overcame fear, and now we have Mauricio Funes as our President. This is a product of the work that we have been doing for many years–working with perseverance to […]
EMERGENCY URGENT ACTION: URGENT ACTION: Republicans threaten Salvadoran voters from floor of House of Representatives. Yesterday, two Republicans gave speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives threatening that Salvadorans living in the U.S. will lose their immigration status and be outlawed from sending money home to their families if voters in El […]
URGENT ACTION: Republicans threaten Salvadoran voters from floor of House of Representatives. Yesterday, two Republicans gave speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives threatening that Salvadorans living in the U.S. will lose their immigration status and be outlawed from sending money home to their families if voters in El Salvador exercise their right […]
The past three months have been tense in the municipality of Cinquera, as community organizers face numerous threats to their daily work. Known as one of the most calm and safe municipalities in the country, it has become a target by a Right Wing campaign to degrade the community and provoke violence. December 2008: […]
Public Statements against Mineral Mining in El Salvador U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities 27 February 2009 As the time allowed by the Notice of Intent (NOI) for arbitration filed by the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim Corp. against the Salvadoran government continues to wind down, public statements opposing mineral extraction have increased. It is still unclear […]
Serious Concerns of Anomalies and Violations to Electoral Regulations in El Salvador Congressional Brief February 2009 Introduction We, as U.S. citizens, are very concerned about fraud in El Salvador’s upcoming presidential elections on March 15th, 2009. We have followed the January 18th, 2009 Municipal and Legislative elections closely, and are concerns about structural problems […]
Press Release from the Sister Cities Electoral Observation Delegation San Salvador, January 20, 2009 The observation delegation of Sister Cities in coordination with the Initiative for Social Democracy (ISD) observed in the municipalities of Chalatenango and Sacacoyo. On this inauguration day of President Barack Obama we are making a special recognition of the people […]
Evangelical Pastor Antonio Bolainez Presents Misinformation to Salvadorans: States that U.S.-El Salvador relations, the well-being of Salvadoran immigrants, and commercial agreements are at risk if the Left wins the March 15th Presidential Elections February 12, 2009 On Thursday February 12, Salvadoran Newspaper El Diario de Hoy reported that Antonio Bolainez, one of President […]
US Embassy denounces use of Obama´s Image in FMLN Campaign Ads after ignoring their use in Ads by the Right. In December 2008, the US- El Salvador Sister Cities Network alerted the US Embassy that ads by the group Fuerza Solidaria included a video of Obama´s Advisor on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, that said […]
US Citizens Concerned: Salvadoran Government Accusations Implicate Civilians in “Armed Group Activity” without Evidence Accusations during Close Presidential Race Raise Serious Concerns about Military Deployment and Independence of State Institutions Report by US-El Salvador Sister Cities January 19, 2009 Introduction: We, US Citizens are very concerned over the nature of recent public accusations by […]