On March 26, we celebrated the 2010 International CRIPDES Sistering Assembly here in San Salvador with over 70 participants. Representatives attended from CRIPDES communities all over El Salvador, from the Madison, New Jersey and Lawrence Sister Cities committees, from Sister Parish, and from solidarity organizations in Bolivia, Spain and Norway. We came together to talk […]
Since October 2009, there have been two volunteers from Lawrence, Kansas living in El Papaturro, Suchitoto, and working in the PROGRESO office. PROGRESO is a branch of CRIPDES working with 25 rural communities in the Suchitoto region. These sisters of solidarity, Jennifer Kongs and Sally Birmingham, will be in El Salvador until the end of […]
Tita Colunga of ProVida, a member of the MPR-12 Alliance, gave this speech to the CRIPDES-PROGRESO assembly in Suchitoto on December 9th. Looking back at this year, there have been so many successes that we cannot forget. On March 15th, we elected our new government. And now, with our new government, how many people have […]
As soon as Hurricane Ida hit El Salvador on November 7, all the different areas that make up CRIPDES: the organized communities, the CRIPDES regions, and the CRIPDES national board, activated. At the same time, Sister Cities committees in the U.S. and their families and friends all responded in solidarity with concern and funds for […]
San Salvador, November 9, 2009 Dear Friends and Supporters, Official reports reveal that, as a result of Hurricane Ida, 124 Salvadorans have died due to massive flooding and mudslides. In various municipalities of El Salvador, more than 10,000 people have been evacuated, 60 people have disappeared, and thousands of people have sought refuge in temporary […]
Message from CRIPDES National Board Companeros and Companeras of the CRIPDES board, delegates from the five regions of CRIPDES, Companeros from popular organizations and friends from solidarity and cooperation organizations, please receive the most fraternal and communal greeting from the Association for the Development of El Salvador CRIPDES. In July 2009, CRIPDES celebrates 25 […]
Speech by Miriam Ayala, President of the CCR Please receive a fraternal greeting of solidarity from the Directive Board of the CCR. Greetings to the Presidents, Leaders, Youth, Professors, Veterans, and people representing the different national and international institutions that works hand in hand with the CCR for the development of our communities. Before […]
On March 15th, when the announcement that Mauricio Funes had won the presidential race was publicized, Salvadoran communities overflowed with excitement and celebration. In the coming days, people breathed a collective sigh of relief, as the historic task of electing the first Left-wing president of El Salvador had been successfully completed. Since then, CRIPDES and […]
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 […]
CRIPDES Position Regarding Pacific Rim Notice of Intent January 2009 Confronting the threat of the suit from the Mining Corporations (Pacific Rim) under the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), the Association for the Development of El Salvador CRIPDES, states: At the end of 2001 the political parties ARENA, PCN, […]