By the Communications Team of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining In the context of President Barack Obama’s visit to Salvadoran lands, congressional representatives of the United States sent a communiqué to the mandatory in which they expressed several important demands related to the country’s current socio-political situation. The representatives urged the U.S. president […]
Our allies in the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining (the Mesa) are very concerned about a recent wave of death threats and crimes against members of El Salvador’s anti-mining movement as well as other violent crimes recently committed in Cabañas. Similar crimes in 2009 that went uninvestigated, including robberies, kidnappings, and death threats against members […]
Contributed by Power in Community Alliances (PICA) The plans of U.S. and Canadian mining companies to begin mining gold in El Salvador continues to threaten Salvadoran rural communities. Salvadoran environmental and anti-mining activists have been assassinated and threatened. Through a free-trade provision closely resembling legal extortion, the Pacific Rim Mining Company continues its CAFTA suit demanding that […]
1- Prior to the November elections, Hector’s telephones were repeatedly tapped and conversations interrupted and information removed from his cell phone. Men driving in unmarked cars and in police uniform took photographs of him entering his residence. 2- In July and now August, the web networking in his office has been sabotaged and the phone […]
Since June of 2009, Gladys Lanza, the Coordinator of the Woman’s Movement for Peace Visitación Padilla has received a series of threats and abuses. The last offensive began on July 14th 2010, when the organization issued a press release condemning the militarization in Honduras following the coup. The threats have included unidentified gunmen firing shots […]
On the recent USESSC trip to Honduras we received a request from our friends at COFADEH, The Committee of Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras, for an urgent action in support their colleague, Hector Soto, a leader in the Honduran resistance and director of the Civil Society Group in Honduras. Take […]
We are looking for stories from committees about successful fund raising events and anti-mining solidarity events. We will feature these stories in our next e-bulletin and in a packet for organizing around the anti-mining fight. We want to share stories of creative, successful events and activities that will inspire others in the Sister Cities network. […]
El Salvador has been in a state of emergency since Saturday May 29th. What started out as a surprisingly rainy day on Wednesday turned into five days of heavy rain, flooding and landslides that have left many parts of the country severely damaged. CRIPDES has been working full time to help evacuate and house families […]
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 […]
Solidarity is the heart of the work of sister city committees. Through solidarity we build relationships, walk shoulder to shoulder with people who face global threats and learn that we face those very same threats. Through solidarity we share our sisters’ stories and they become more visible to the world. Through solidarity we organize and […]