El Salvador: Hope, Change and Human Rights A Speaking tour of Salvadoran Community Leader Rosa Centeno USESSC is excited to announce our 2009 Midwest speaking tour featuring Rosa Centeno, president of the Association of the Communities for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES). El Salvador is changing. For the first time in history, a […]
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We in Sister Cities, hope you will come to Chicago for the annual National Gathering on Columbus Day weekend next month, October 10th and 11th. With our network scattered across the country, this is the one time each year that we all have the chance to gather together in person. We look forward with great […]
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San Salvador, El Salvador. One hundred and eight international organizations sent a letter to the Interim Attorney General, Ástor Escalante Savaria, this Friday (July 24, 2009), demanding an exhaustive investigation into the kidnapping and brutal assassination of activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno. In the letter the organizations categorically rejected the declarations that the district attorney […]
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Marcelo Rivera, Community leader and Anti-Mining activist, Disappeared since June 18th Update, July 2: Gustavo Marcelo Rivera disappeared the afternoon of June 18, 2009, in San Isidro, Cabanas. A body has been found that is suspected to be Marcelo’s body. DNA tests are currently underway to determine if the body is, indeed, Marcelo’s. Below is […]
By Michelle Petrotta, SHARE Foundation, January 2009 Updated by Jan Morrill, U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities, June 2009 PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP. FILES SUIT AGAINST SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation, a Vancouver based mining company, issued a press release announcing that the company has filed a Notice of Intent […]
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Pacific Rim Officially Files Suit Against Salvadoran Government Canadian mining company Pacific Rim mining Corp. has officially filed suit against the Salvadoran government in an international trade tribunal. After filing a Notice of Intent of Arbitration (NOI) in December of 2008, the company presented its claim to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes […]
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People of my nation, It is a tremendous honor to receive this presidential sash. I do so with humility, aware of the responsibilities involved and the commitments that I must fulfill. I will be faithful to the oath that I have made, guiding myself by the nation’s interests and by the desire to serve, especially […]
Translated by Sister Cities The inauguration of the new president of El Salvador is a testimony to the strength and durability of democracy in the Americas. Since the election of Mauricio Funes this year, we have been witnesses to a peaceful transfer of power between two parties that used to be in conflict and […]
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Monday morning, amidst shouts of “Que viva Funes,” “El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido” and “Sí Se Pudo,” Mauricio Funes Cartagena was inaugurated President of El Salvador in the International Fair and Conventions Center. It was a day full of first. As President Funes himself pointed out, it was the first time in Salvadoran history […]
By United States-El Salvador Sister Cities and the Social Initiative for Democracy Presidential Elections March 15th, 2009 For the presidential elections on March 15th, 2009, U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities, together with the Social Initiative for Democracy, coordinated a delegation of 24 observers, among them international and Salvadoran national observers. The group consisted of social workers, […]