Scroll down to read: Bangor Daily News: Irving Addresses Maine Mining Interests at UMFK Forum Madison Times: Salvadoran Mining Struggles are Pertinent to Wisconsin April 25, 2012 by A. David Dahmer The recent mining controversy in northern Wisconsin was far more complex than people would have you believe, says Jan Morrill as she stopped in […]
Scroll down for more El Salvador Anti-Mining News: Who Decides for El Salvador: The People or Pacific Rim? Pacific Rim Accuses those who Defend National Sovereignty of Being “Anti-Development” April 25th, 2012 San Salvador On April 25th civil society organizations like CRIPDES and communities that make up the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El […]
Moments of Inspiration from the Mofga-Chicago Delegation fromShira Hammann, Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities Many moments from the January delegation stand out in my mind: The staff of the community radio station Radio Sumpul telling us how, in the mid-’90s, they prevented a police shutdown of the radio by ringing a bell in the early […]
1. The Costs of ICSID Arbitration and the Consequences for Social Rights in El Salvador (See Below) 2. Salvadoran Activists Hold Protest in Solidarity with Indigenous Mining Resisters in Panama By Jan Morrill, International Allies Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador On February 10th, as clashes continued between the government of Panama and indigenous groups […]
Keynote Address at the Salvadoran Consulate of New England on January 16, 2012 by Jim Wallace, Cambridge-Las Flores Sister City The Boston area has a long history of solidarity with El Salvador: U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities, CISPES and the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s. We had three church communities participating in the Sanctuary movement. During […]
by Jan Morrill “Why is it that so many people in the U.S. care about the communities of El Salvador? How can they give so much and expect nothing in return?” I was asked this question in Chalatenango, during one of my last visits as Sister Cities El Salvador staff. This was not the […]
La Concertación Mons. Romero, hace un vehemente llamado a la comunidad nacional e internacional para tomar conciencia de que el 10 de diciembre próximo celebramos el 63º aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos y que los días 10-13 de diciembre del presente año se cumplen 30 años de la Masacre de El […]
Democracy Center and the Institute for Policy Studies Release Video about El Salvador, Investor/State Disputes and Popular Resistance Democracy Center and the Institute for Policy Studies recently released a short video about the way big transnational companies are using free trade agreements and the International Center for Investment Disputes (ICSID) to force developing countries to […]
The tropical storm that dumped 10 days of record breaking rainfall on Central America in October forced 50,000 people to flee their homes, caused 34 deaths and nearly $1 billion worth of damages to infrastructure and houses, and affected a total of 150,000 people in El Salvador. In the CRIPDES regions, there were over 3160 […]
Uninvited Guests on Thanksgiving: How the Occupy Movement Came to El Salvador By Alexandra Early Originally posted on Counterpunch.org. At the U.S. embassy here on Thursday (Nov. 24), Ambassador Carmen Aponte held a gala Thanksgiving dinner for a select group of local and North American guests. Outside the castle-like embassy compound, there were some uninvited visitors […]