Category Archives: International Meddling

MPR12 condemns Bukele’s dismissal of Venezuela’s ambassador

After Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele kicked out Nicolas Maduro’s diplomatic corps, giving them two days to leave the country, the MPR12 (of which CRIPDES is part of) held a press conference and release a statement: On their facebook page. Ronald Johnson’s support to Bukele’s decision is very telling.

La delegación de Ciudades Hermanas se pronuncia ante el fenómeno de la migración centroamericana hacia los Estados Unidos

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Our latest delegation spoke to the press about the current situation salvadoran migrants are facing in the United States: Through our meetings with community organizers and a visit with a rural farming community, we have seen the role that U.S. policies have played in the political, economic and social landscape of El […]

Resources on U.S. Foreign Policy in Central America

We want to recommend you these materials from “Teaching for Change” to discuss U.S. Foreign policies that have affected the Central American region for several years.   This series of lessons invites students to investigate the role of the United States in Guatemala and El Salvador in the 20th century. The unit launches with a […]

Sister Cities Invited to Talk About Family Separation

(Written by Rachel Dunlap) On June 20th, 2018, Sister Cities was invited to speak at a rally on family separation by our kind neighbors, NPR-12, after their guest speaker unexpectedly cancelled. Mario and I obliged. It was my first day in the office, and being notoriously bad at public speaking AND Spanish, I was nervous. […]

2016 National Gathering Summary

Summary from the 2016 National Gathering Cambridge, MA Friday, October 7 Participants from out of town arrived Friday in time for a potluck dinner at Jim Wallace’s home in Cambridge. The Cambridge and Arlington committees did a wonderful job at coordinating lodging and transportation for everybody who came in from out of town. Saturday October […]

Mick Wilkes

Dear Mr. Wilkes, We, the_______ are writing this letter out of concern for the communities of Cabañas and the people of El Salvador.  We urge Oceana Gold to drop its lawsuit against the government of El Salvador and abandon its plans to develop the El Dorado project or any other mining activity in El Salvador. […]

Letter to Jim Yong Kim

Dear Mr. Jim Yong Kim, We, the_______ are writing this letter out of concern for the communities of Cabañas and the people of El Salvador, who have expressed collectively and through various mediums over the past several years their resistance to mining projects in El Salvador for health and economic reasons. Nevertheless, PacificRim/OceanaGold is using […]

MOFGA Statement of Solidarity with Salvadoran Farmers

To Whom It May Concern:   The MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee is concerned with the U.S. government’s actions on the second Millennium Challenge Corporation Funds. We are worried that this will be used against the current policy of purchasing Salvadoran non-transgenic seeds distributed as part of the Family Agriculture Plan by El Salvador’s Ministry of […]

Honduras coup anniversiary

5 years after the coup in Honduras

Today, June 28, 2014, on the 5th anniversary of the military coup d’état in Honduras that was tacitly supported by our own government, U.S.–El Salvador Sister Cities, SHARE El Salvador, and CISPES reaffirm our solidarity with the Honduran people and pay tribute to the martyrs of the Honduran resistance movement who have offered their lives […]

Background Information on Millennium Challenge Corporation Fund and El Salvador

The MCC Board approved a second compact with El Salvador nine months ago, but its signing and entry into force have been delayed and new conditions demanded by the Obama administration that are inconsistent with the country’s development plan and with general MCC practice.   The MCC Board approved a $277 million compact for El […]