Information about our sistered communities
Sarah and new co-coordinator Alexandra arrived in Cinquera on Saturday April 17th to participate in their yearly Commemoration of the Fallen. The Commemoration began at dusk with a caminata, a candle lit procession through the town for which we joined about 200 community members. Participants shouted out the names of people from the region who […]
From ContraPunto, translated by Sister Cities A community struggles to maintain its historical walls that are not just simple adobe structure. These walls show their own history and the history of the country. The parish wanted to knock down these walls, but the people said no. Siting on a plastic chair, Elba Escalante, 68 […]
The past three months have been tense in the municipality of Cinquera, as community organizers face numerous threats to their daily work. Known as one of the most calm and safe municipalities in the country, it has become a target by a Right Wing campaign to degrade the community and provoke violence. December 2008: […]
As Election Approaches, Increased Agression Toward Citizens in Cinquera January 13, 2009 Cinquera, a municipality close to Suchitoto that is governed by the FMLN, has recently been the target of dangerous aggression by the ARENA party. Last month, ARENA supporters in Cinquera sent a list of 60 community members to the head of […]
Military Occupation in Suchitoto CommunitiesThreatens Voters Before Elections January 6th, 2009 On Tuesday December 16th 2008, 150 soldiers armed with heavy artillery entered the community of el Papaturro, in the zone of La Bermuda, Suchitoto. The soldiers set up a military camp and stayed in the community, then moved to the neighbouring community […]
Killing of Community Leader in Huisisilapa another on the List of Unsolved Homicides Dear Friends, We write you with more sad news of the shooting of Rafaela Hernández Delgado of the CRIPDES repopulated community of Huisisilapa last Thursday the 24th of July. Rafaela was twenty-seven years old, a community leader, and the wife of […]
On Friday May 2nd, Hector Antonio Ventura was assassinated in the community of Valle Verde, Suchitoto. Ventura was the youngest of the 14 political prisoners captured in Suchitoto on July 2nd, 2007. According to preliminary reports, Ventura was stabbed to death. Another victim, who was with Ventura, was attacked but survived. Reports say that […]
Story of our demonstration in the Plaza in Suchitoto: Community of El Barío Monday, July 2, 2007, We gathered in the plaza in Suchitoto at 8:00 in the morning where all of the communities were present: men, women and children. These communities were protesting against the privatization of water and education. We have to stuggle […]
Land Transference Struggle CRIPDES San Vicente continues to support the legalization of properties as part of the Land Transference Act which came out of the 1992 Peace Accords. Land was promised through the Salvadoran Institution for Land Transference (ISTA) to ex-combatants from both sides as part of the negotiated accord, in recognition that in large […]
2007 Project: Community of Chilama, La Libertad. Sister City: Crystal Lake, Illinois. The community calls this project: Organization and agriculture through solidarity with the Community of Chilama Objective 1: Help provide some of the basic food needs for the families of the community of Chilama. Objective 2: Promote a culture of community work […]