The following information is a compilation of Salvadoran news reports and observations from our allied organizations: Yesterday, Tuesday March 11th, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal began a process of revising the 21 forms that could not be counted in the Tribunal’s preliminary results, which showed the FMLN ahead of ARENA by 6, 634 votes (50.11% vs. […]
Sister Cities did not have a delegation for these elections, but Catie observed as part of the SHARE delegation at the International Fair Grounds, the largest voting center in the country, Estela was part of a vote receiving table in her neighborhood, and Cori observed with her parents Michael Ring and Maria Elena Martinez as […]
By Rachel Wyon, Cambridge-San Jose La Flores Committee As part of the Sister Cities Election Observation Delegation, I was in El Salvador from January 28-February 5. Election Day on February 2nd was a spectacular day. Twenty-two years after the signing of the Peace Accords – a short generation ago – and the FMLN and […]
With less than a week to go until the second round of voting, there is a sense of calm throughout El Salvador that would be unprecedented in elections past. Although Sister Cities is not bringing electoral observers for this second round, several other solidarity organizations will, and the Sister Cities staff and network supporters will […]
December 2013 Greetings Amigos and Amigas of Sister Cities, As some of you may know, in January I will be leaving my post as Sister Cities Co-Coordinator here in El Salvador. For the past four years, I have had the pleasure of working with our committees in Crystal Lake, Binghamton, Arlington, Chicago, Lawrence, Wichita […]
Destruction of Historical and Human Rights Archives by SARAH MASLIN At the crack of dawn on Thursday, Nov. 14, three armed men broke into the offices of Pro-Búsqueda, a non-profit in San Salvador that reunites families with children who went missing during El Salvador’s 1979-1992 civil war. They beat up the guards, poured gasoline […]
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 […]
www.stopesmining.com On July 22nd, in commemoration of the Global Day of Action against Open Pit Mining, the National Roundtable Against Mining held a rally and press conference in front of the Legislative Assembly once again demanding that the Legislature of El Salvador expedite the adoption of a law to ban metallic mining.
The Fight for Life and Land in the Aguan Valley featuring Juan Lorenzo Cruz, leader of the campesino movement in the Aguan Valley, Honduras Wednesday June 26, 2013 8:30 PM EST (5:30pm PST, 7:30pm CT) Don Lorenzo is a campesino Leader from the Honduran Aguan Valley currently living in El Salvador as a political refugee. […]
January 28th– February 5th, 2014: Election Observation in El Salvador Join our delegation to accompany the CRIPDES communities during the February 2nd, 2014 presidential elections. Participating in the Election Observation Delegation is an exciting way to learn about the Salvadoran political process, respond to the request for observers from our partners, accompany the rural communities and […]