By Sister Cities Volunteer and Elections Observer Cori Ring The weeks leading up to the first round of elections here were intense, full of last minute campaigning and fresh waves of fear spurred by the spiking crime and murder rate in the new year. To hear ARENA tell it, the crime wave was just […]
In the last two weeks the executive published some 80 decrees and Congress approved some 20 new laws and a great quantity of reform proposals to the Honduran legislation – that is more than in 2012 and 2013 together and hasn’t been seen since 1982! Here are some of the highlights of those reforms: Among these reforms is […]
In anticipation of the electoral observer delegations arriving in the coming weeks, Sister Cities together with four other Solidarity organizations held a press conference today to announce the arrival and mission of the observers, as well as to reiterate the neutrality of the United States in El Salvador´s presidential elections, coming up on February 2nd. […]
By Catie Johnston, former volunteer in San Vicente and new Sister Cities Co-Coordinator This weekend I went down to Houston to visit my host brother. The last time I saw him he was riding into the sunset in the back of a pickup truck, leaving El Salvador to try for the American Dream. I stood […]
December 4th, 2013 Preliminary report by Tanya Cole Witness for Peace Southwest and U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities Photos- Julio Deras U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities and Witness for Peace Southwest were two of many organizations which organized delegations to observe the elections in Honduras this past Nov. 24th as part of 166 international observer delegation organized by […]
The Sister Cities-SHARE Foundation Honduras Elections Observation and Human Rights Solidarity delegation came together in El Progreso, a town outside of San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras, on November 20th. Together, our diverse group of 50 people represented several organizations in El Salvador that work for solidarity and social justice, as well as a number […]
Join CISPES, SHARE, and US-El Salvador Sister Cities in taking action today! Given the US government’s appalling eagerness to rubber stamp the dirty elections in Honduras and recognize the contested right-wing “victor” Juan Hernández, it’s critical that we push for truly free and fair elections – WITHOUT US INTERVENTION – in neighboring El Salvador. Call […]
www.Cispes.org May 17, 2013 Today, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled that the appointments of David Munguía Payés as Minister of Public Security and Justice, and Francisco Ramón Salinas as Director of the National Civil Police (PNC), violated the Constitution of El Salvador. Payés and Salinas are both former military generals who retired […]
January 11th , 2013 by Alexandra Early On December 12, 2012, 12 young people were arrested in the poor community of El Progreso 3, in the northeastern part of San Salvador. Dressed all in black with their faces covered, police from the much-feared Anti-Gang Unit stormed the community in the middle of night, going […]
Sign a Petition to Stop the Neoliberal Model Cities Project from Moving Forward in Honduras Defend the Sovereignty of Honduras and the Culture and Territory of the Garifuna People! Click here to sign a petition asking the Supreme Court of Honduras to declare the Special Development Regions (RED) Law Unconstitutional. In 2010, the government […]