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We share with you the 2021 newsletter of the Binghamton committee. This committee is sistered with El Charcon, a community supported by CRIPDES SUR in the department of La Libertad.
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(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Not only Honduras held elections this past weekend, the community of Teosinte, in San Francisco Morazán, has elected a new board of directors. Accompanied by the mayor’s office and representation of the CCR, the electoral process was carried out, and it had the following results: POSITION ALTERNATE General Secretariat María Catalina […]
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(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Dick Williams passed away a year ago. Given his commitment to El Salvador, we thought it was only fair to show a bit of our appreciation. Professor Molly Todd writes the following: Dick Williams by Molly Todd At the 2015 National Gathering of the US-El Salvador Sister Cities network in […]
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(IN ENGLISH HERE) Comunicado publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2021 (Washington, DC) – Hoy, los representantes Albio Sires (D-NJ) y Mark Green (R-TN), presidente y miembro de alto rango, respectivamente, del Subcomité de Asuntos Exteriores de la Cámara sobre el Hemisferio Occidental, Seguridad Civil, Migración y Política Económica Internacional, emitieron la siguiente […]
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This post is an update on the events that unfolded on November 22, where NGOs were targeted and searched by the National Police at District Attorney of El Salvador. These were some of the first actions observed since the Foreign Agents Law was proposed, where the Bukele Administration began to require a 40% tax from […]
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U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Jean Manes said today on local television that she will be returning to the U.S. and that relations between El Salvador and the United States are temporarily on hold “due to the Salvadoran government’s apparent lack of interest in dialogue” after several meetings where they wanted to verify whether the Salvadoran government […]
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Since the Salvadoran government announced its intention to pass a “Foreign agents Law” that would create a new tax of 40% and a fine of up to $10,000 dollars to organizations deemed to be attempting against “national security”, several organizations and collectives have reacted, especially after Tuesday’s meeting where the Nuevas Ideas representatives approved a […]
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Just like in April last year, in the middle of lockdown, El Salvador has faced another day of a surprising spike in homicides. LA PRENSA GRÁFICA reports: Only this Wednesday, November 10, at least 20 murders were reported, according to the Police (PNC). Due to this, President Nayib Bukele announced that the police and the […]
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CONTEXT The U.S. Embassy recently approved funding for organizations working in the region, through USAID. The relationship of the Salvadoran government and the US Government is not “solid”, as stated by the Chargé d’ affaires ad Interim Jean Manes: “We have investments in different projects. USAID support is in the hundreds of millions in different […]
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(READ THE ORIGINAL IN SPANISH HERE) The Central American University (UCA) recently published an editorial about the growing problem of missing people in El Salvador. Here’s our translation: In El Salvador, the disappearance of people is daily news. Until August 31 of this year, 789 people are reported missing, an average of 3.3 […]