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 […]
Statement of the U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities Network regarding the arrest and imprisonment of four member of CRIPDES and nine community members in the Department of Cuscatlán on July 2, 2007 July 14, 2007 U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities represents twenty two communities and organizations in the United States which have sistering relationships […]
We, the U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities Network, work for social change by building and defending sustainable communities and economies based on solidarity, dignity, and self-determination. Our work is driven by mutual community accompaniment, organizing, education, advocacy, and fundraising. We have prioritized supporting and defending human rights as a principal focus of that work. Anti-Militarization Advocacy […]
This May, seven delegates from San Jose Las Flores, Chalatenango, traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the two communities’ sistering relationship. One of the most moving and memorable events of the sister communities’ time together was the spontaneous decision to go down to the Charles River on May 14 to observe […]