January 29th, 2013 On January 28th, 60 members of the Movement of Popular Resistance (MPR-12), international solidarity organizations and residents of the urban communities Santa Cecilia and El Progreso 3 gathered in front of the Specialized Chamber of Organized Crime more than month after the raid on Santa Ceclia and El Progreso 3 that resulted […]
Neoliberal Politics in Central America: The U.S. and the Privatization of El Salvador January 13, 2013 By Eric Draitser, Counterpunch.org As much of Latin America braces itself for the possibility of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death, observers around the world would do well to note the stark contrasts that exist within the region. On the […]
December 11th, 2012, www.cispes.org As the keynote speaker at an October 29 breakfast with the Salvadoran Construction Chamber, US Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte claimed that any renewal of the Millennium Challenge Fund (FOMILENIO), a US development aid program, would be dependent upon the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly’s approval of a proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Law. […]
November 21th, 2012 by Alexandra Early On November 18th, Hondurans came out in droves to vote for their preferred parties in the country´s first primary elections since the formation of a new left-wing party, LIBRE. The Liberation and Re-foundation Party, LIBRE, was formed with the help of the Honduran National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) […]
March 18, 2012 Michael Ring, for the US-El Salvador Sister Cities Honduras Solidarity Committee Thanks to the advocacy work of people around the country, including many in our own network, 94 Congresspeople signed on to a letter sponsored by Ill. Rep Jan Schakowsky calling for the cutting of US military aid to Honduras because of […]
Given: 1- The recent escalation of violence by the de facto government against the Honduran people, 2- The US Embassy’s attempt to blame the violence on the civic organizations who are expressing their rights to call for democracy, justice and fairness 3- The near silence (and/or distortion of events) in the US media on this […]
Report Back from the January 2011 Honduras Accompaniment Project Delegation By Alexandra Early (SC Staff) and Ann Legg (SC board member) The government sells itself by saying they have advanced in terms of human rights, that they have created mechanisms to protect human rights, and they say they are concerned about reconciliation in Honduras. They […]
The State of Mining in El Salvador · According to Salvadoran Mining Law a company must obtain both an exploration and exploitation permit in order to open a mine in El Salvador. · There are currently 29 active exploration permits and 73 applications. They are for areas in the Northern region of El Salvador, which […]
Post-coup repression in Honduras reached a new low last week with the targeting of a concert of the band Café Guancasco, a musical favorite of the coup resistance movement. It took place on September 15, anniversary of the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire. For the second year in a row, the holiday […]
Overview On August 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2010 members of the USESSC network and staff traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to learn about the current situation one year after the coup and to make connections with Honduran organizations for future work. Michael Ring, Michael Ring-Martinez, Alexandra Early, Jan Morrill, Jesse Kates-Chinoy, Marianela Funes and Jesse Dyer-Stewart […]