(español abajo) On March 25, the Bukele government deployed 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police across several communities in Chalatenango in response to two homicides. US-El Salvador Sister Cities is concerned with militarization in one of the historically most organized areas of El Salvador. Community members in San Jose Las Flores have shared that there is […]
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Nov
Nov
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last weekend, a gathering was held with young people from different communities of Suchitoto. It was organized and promoted by the youth secretariat of PROGRESO. A total of 34 young people who do not yet belong to any area of organizational work and others who are already part of Youth Committees, women’s committees, […]
05
Sep
Sep
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Teodoro Antonio Pacheco, and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega are known as the Santa Marta 5. They are community leaders and water defenders. The Santa Marta 5 were arrested on January 11, 2023 under suspicious charges and were held in pre-trial detention until September […]
10
Mar
Mar
Inhabitants of the lower Lempa region organized a demonstration today asking for mitigation works that need to take place before the start of the rainy season. The region has managed to remain organized in the absence of the figure of governors. Nevertheless they make the following plea to the government to prevent the kind of […]
01
Feb
Feb
Last night, president Bukele broadcasted a pre-recorded video to showcase the new prison in Tecoluca, San Vicente. BBC Mundo writes: In the midst of an exception regime that restricts individual liberties, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Tuesday night the inauguration of a prison called the “Confinement center for Terrorism.” … In […]
11
Jan
Jan
The historical community of Santa Marta in Cabañas woke up today with an operative of the police in which several leaders were arrested. Read their statement below: URGENT! To the national and international community, civil society organizations, friends of Santa Marta and the ADES association, we urgently inform: The Attorney General Office and the […]
18
Dec
Dec
En el día internacional de la persona migrante, queremos invitarles a escuchar el podcast realizado gracias al proyecto de migraciones de la Universidad de Cornell, con la tremenda participación de la profesora Patricia Rodríguez. En el último capítulo hablamos de cómo la migración ha afectado específicamente el trabajo de CRIPDES. Esperamos que lo disfrute. […]
13
Oct
Oct
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last weekend, Tropical Storm Julia demonstrated, once again, how fragile El Salvador continues to be in the face of tropical storms, even when they are downgraded to a “tropical depression.” Despite the reports that showed the magnitude of the event, many people had to use their personal days or take time […]
06
Apr
Apr
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The Salvadoran government headed by Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency on March 27, 2022 after 87 murders took place throughout El Salvador. The situation has called into question the effectiveness of the famous Territorial Control Plan, whose phases have never been fully explained to the population. The president pressured […]
01
Mar
Mar
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last year, the Austin committee supported the community of El Guajoyo with the installation of a pump for the well that Agua Viva previously built for them. Guajoyo has struggled with water scarcity. Its water source has been affected by drought and its vulnerability to pollution. The flow of the river […]