Information about our sistered communities
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) CRIPDES regional in Aguilares, UCRES has also responded to the pandemic. Its team has mobilized to deliver more modest baskets to 1000 families from the communities where they work. This has been funded by ENTRE PUEBLOS, AIETI and UCRES itself. The president of the regional, Felicia Mijango, tells us that communities are […]
(SOURCE) The results of the coronavirus tests have shown an increase of 44% in the last four days, according to data published by the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele. In a new update, on the night of Tuesday, April 28, the president revealed 32 new cases of coronavirus, reaching 377 confirmed cases. Last […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On Friday, CRIPDES regional in Suchitoto, PROGRESO, made the first delivery of groceries to 74 families in the communities with which this effort began, Agua Caliente and Pepeistenango. PROGRESO is very grateful to the entire population who, from their communities and homes, make an effort to combat the COVID-19 virus by […]
Today we want to share letters from Celina and Ercilia. Celina, from the Agua Caliente community, is in her fifth year of Modern Languages at the National University. Ercilia, from Marianella, is in her fourth year of English at the Universidad Tecnológica. We think it is important to showcase the realities people face in the […]
Last Friday, president Nayib Bukele established a sanitary cordon in La Libertad. People were not allowed to leave their houses not even to purchase food. This was criticized by several people: The lawyer and former Minister of Security, Francisco Bertrand Galindo, wrote that if the siege in La Libertad is true, it is “illegal, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The members of the Guajoyo security committee who were arrested on Saturday, April 11, are now free. The young men were on their shifts at the entrance of the community, controlling access and doing sanitation work when they were captured by the police. All group members work voluntarily rotating during part […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Today the Legislative Assembly must analyze whether the restriction of rights during the pandemic is extended, as requested by President Nayib Bukele. Last Sunday they decided to extend it just for four days. The journalist Fernando Romero (whom the president previously excluded from an event) explains the reforms that various groups […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The vice president of the community board (JD) in Chilama 2, Juan Menjivar, tells us that the community is paralyzed during this quarantine. Some inhabitants received the $300 USD bonus from the government, but not all of them. People that usually go out to sell vegetables are staying home but are getting […]
On April 6th, president Nayib Bukele gave instructions to the armed forces to be tougher on people violating the lockdown declared amid the COVID19 pandemic. “I have instructed them to be tougher on people on the street. I don’t want to see people complaining when their car is taken away and they taken to the […]
We keep trying to communicate with the community boards of our sistered communities to learn how everything is unfolding during the COVID19 pandemic. Our friends in El Papaturro state that: The community board handed flyers and a mask in each household, so they have one to go shopping their groceries. They feel optimistic because […]