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 […]
(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 […]
Lawyers suggest that they are “criminalizing social protest” and establishing a “regime of exception” or state of siege in El Salvador. Artículo original en español aquí. Written by Eugenia Velásquez of elsalvador.com Translated by Sister Cities On Wednesday, the Legislative Assembly approved a new initiative similar to the one that they recently extended […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Judge Jorge Guzmán denounced the swearing in of the substitute judges and magistrates, which took place over the weekend and called it “unconstitutional.” The event took place despite the precautionary measures that suspended the application of the reforms issued by the assembly controlled by New Ideas, which seek to dismiss judges […]
We are inviting you to join Sister Cities’ Urgent Action Network to help our network effectively stand with people fighting for their rights and dignity and justice in El Salvador, Mesoamerica and at the US-Mexico border. By signing up, you can choose to have your name included on statements Sister Cities sends to key stakeholders […]