(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
The Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN) has been busy this week asking for support surrounding the trial of eight water defenders from Guapinol, Honduras. These activists have spent two years in prison on trumped up charges for defending the Guapinol and Sand Pedro rivers from a mining operation led by Honduran mining company Inversiones Los Pinares, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) It’s a new year and we already have big plans! Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project Presents: A Conversation with Roberto Lovato When Thursday, February 3, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET Where On Zoom Register here https://bit.ly/LovatoBookTalk Spanish interpretation available. All are welcome! This event […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]