Phase One of the Commerce Group vs. the Government of El Salvador Hearings Complete On Monday, November 15th the Milwaukee based mining company Commerce Group and San Sebastian Mines Inc squared off against the government of El Salvador in the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a part of the World Bank. The […]
For the second time in the last three months members of the Center of Investigations into Investment and Commerce (CEICOM), an active member of the National Roundtable against Mineral Mining, have been kidnapped, robbed and left at an abandoned farm while traveling in Guatemala. In both instances the anti-mining activists were traveling to events in […]
Sistering Successes · We brought 7 delegations from 7 committees, a total of 61 people, to El Salvador to learn and exchange ideas with their sistered communities. · We had 4 volunteers representing Sister Cities in El Salvador and one volunteer in the U.S. office · The New Jersey and San Isidro/Los Amates Sister City […]
A Fact Sheet on the Situation in Honduras Honduras Since the Coup · June 28th, 2010 marked a year since a military coup was carried out against the government of President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras. The coup was launched after the Zelaya administration enacted policy steps that threatened the dominance of the right wing Honduran […]
Sister Cities just got through with a great 11 day tour of the East Coast. Sister Cities staff were joined on the visit by German Gonzalez, who has been working with CRIPDES in the region of Suchitoto for over 12 years. We visited the committees of Binghamton, NY, Arlington and Cambridge MA, Concord New Hampshire […]
"We welcome justice!" Statement by the Communications Team of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining September 22, 2010 The Specialized Sentencing Court "B" convicted the material assassins of Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno, after concluding a two-day public hearing. After hearing some twenty testimonies and declarations from an accomplice under plea bargain, whose statements were […]
What: Presentation and Q & A about the Commerce Group Mine with David Pereira from CEICOM, the Center of Investigation of Investment and Commerce and the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining. Pereira will speak about the CEICOM study of the mine at Santa Rosa de Lima which was once Central America’s most productive mine […]
Overview On August 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2010 members of the USESSC network and staff traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to learn about the current situation one year after the coup and to make connections with Honduran organizations for future work. Michael Ring, Michael Ring-Martinez, Alexandra Early, Jan Morrill, Jesse Kates-Chinoy, Marianela Funes and Jesse Dyer-Stewart […]
The Cambridge, Arlington, Watertown and Belmont, Massachusetts Sister Cities invite you and your fellow activists to attend the 2010 National Gathering on the long weekend of October 8 to 10th. We’ll be hosting you in Cambridge and are planning both meetings and activities that we hope will continue to solidify our National Network, inspire us […]
We are looking for stories from committees about successful fund raising events and anti-mining solidarity events. We will feature these stories in our next e-bulletin and in a packet for organizing around the anti-mining fight. We want to share stories of creative, successful events and activities that will inspire others in the Sister Cities network. […]