October 20, 2011 Yesterday, after 10 days of rain, the sun came out in El Salvador, and the forecast calls for more sun in the upcoming days. But the effects of the storm, called the most damaging in the history of the country, continue. During the storm, twice the amount of rain fell as during […]
October 18, 2011 On Monday El Salvador declared a State of Calamity. This is the government’s response to the topical storms that continue to hit El Salvador and break records for the amount of recorded rainfall. The amount of rain that fell during Hurricane Mitch in 1998 is only about 68% of the rain that […]
El Salvador declared a state of emergency on October 14th, due to flooding from a Tropical Depression and rains that have continued for 12 days without a break. Another Tropical Storm is predicted for October 17th. For a map of some of the damages caused by flooding and landslides see here. At present, 20,000 people […]
When Power in Community Alliance (PICA) of Bangor, Maine raised $4,133 by selling donated gold for the anti-mining movement they assumed the money would go to lobbying or mobilizing work done by the National Roundtable against Mining in El Salvador (The Mesa, in Spanish). However, when the news came back that the money had been […]
From October 4th to 20th Sister Cities is going to be touring the Midwest with two representatives from our Salvadoran sister organization, CRIPDES. On October 7th and 8th we will hold our National Gathering in Madison, one of our oldest sister cities, and the sight of the February rebellion against conservative attacks on social services […]
On Friday June 24th, over fourty members of the organizations Sister Cities and the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, CISPES, gathered in front of the Attorney General’s office in San Salvador to demand an end to impunity in El Salvador. Members of the two visiting delegations addressed the press, calling on […]
On June 5th, 6th and 7th, El Salvador hosted the annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States. While representatives from 34 nations met in the La Feria Internacional in San Salvador and at nearby hotels to discuss security issues facing the region, Salvadorans and Hondurans protested the return of the post-coup government 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 […]
http://www.thenation.com/article/160472/open-season-teachers-honduras Dana Frank May 5, 2011 In Honduras, it’s come to this: when 90 percent of the city’s 68,000 public schoolteachers went out on strike in March to protest the privatization of the entire public school system, the government teargassed their demonstrations for almost three solid weeks, then suspended 305 teachers for two to six months […]
HONDURAS SOLIDARITY NETWORK: SUMMARY OF LOBO REGIME VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE MID-MARCH ESCALATION Over the last few weeks, attacks against peaceful demonstrators and human rights defenders have intensified throughout Honduras. Under the regime of Porfirio Lobo, who assumed power following undemocratic elections in late 2009, the targeted violent attacks against political opponents and human […]