Along with our partners in CRIPDES, we are outraged about the current situation in Honduras and the recent fraudulent elections. Sister Cities members, who accompanied the Salvadoran elections process last year, know that elections take months of planning and intense observation in order to be free and fair. The Honduran elections on the other hand, […]
“The affected Salvadoran population is in need of food, clothing, bedding, water, hygiene kits, medicine, and shelter. We are calling out to our friends and supporters to assist us in our efforts to help the hurricane victims and work to rebuild their lives.” Rosa Centeno, President of CRIPDES Sister Cities is calling for financial […]
El Salvador: Hope, Change and Human Rights A Speaking tour of Salvadoran Community Leader Rosa Centeno USESSC is excited to announce our 2009 Midwest speaking tour featuring Rosa Centeno, president of the Association of the Communities for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES). El Salvador is changing. For the first time in history, a […]
Election of Barack Obama: Time for Hope in El Salvador and Around the World? By Rosa Anaya November 6, 2008 Rosa Anaya is the daughter of Herbert Anaya Sanabria, a Salvadoran human rights lawyer and leader who, on October 26, 1987, was assassinated – gunned down in front of his home in San Salvador in […]
Kansan Salvadoran Solidarity Action, Lawrence, Kansas August, 2008 Update In May of 2008, a group of individuals met to discuss the future of relations with our sister community of El Papaturro. We met at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries (ECM), the sponsor of student delegations from Lawrence, KS over the past 4 years, site […]
Civil Society Organizations Demand the Attorney General Investigate the Murders of the Human Rights Activists On May 12th diverse organizations from the Civil Society presented a report to the Attorney General of the Republic (AG) to demand investigations into the various murders of human rights promoters in El Salvador. The report was motivated by […]
International Statement Regarding the Assassination of Hector Antonio Ventura, Ex-Political Prisoner in the Suchitoto 13 case, and Political Killings in El Salvador: May 2008 We join the Association for Development of El Salvador, CRIPDES, the Foundation for the Application and Study of Law, FESPAD, and the more than forty member organizations of the Coalition for […]
Suchitoto 13 Update February 7, 2008 Social Organizations Increase the Pressure as time Expires for the Prosecution The case of the “Suchitoto 13” is at a boiling point as both sides prepare for the upcoming preliminary hearing to present evidence and testimony. An extension solicited by the Attorney General’s office and granted by […]
Testimony of a visit to the Women’s Prison Thursday July 20th, 2007 Early this morning I was allowed to enter into the women’s prison to visit the political prisoners captured on the 2nd of July in a peaceful protest carried out in the communities around Suchitoto against the privatization of water, that President Tony Saca […]
Madison Mayor Sends Letter of Concern to President of El Salvador over July 2nd Arrests July 18, 2007 Madison, WI – Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Dave Cieslewicz today sent a letter of concern to Salvadoran President Tony Saca and U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Charles Glazer as well as two other Salvadoran judicial officials. In the […]