March 18, 2009 U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities led an observation mission with the Social Initiative for Democracy for the March 15th, 2009 Presidential Elections in El Salvador. The mission included 24 International and Salvadoran observers and observed in the municipalities of El Puerto, La Libertad; Arcatao Chalatenango; Cinquera, Cabanas; Tecoluca, San Vicente and Suchitoto, Cuscatlán […]
March 13, 2009 A huge THANK YOU! and Congratulations! to everyone who has participated in advocacy this week by calling the State Department, the Embassy, and Congressional representatives. The campaign has been more successful than any of us expected. Not only did the U.S. State Department issue a statement affirming U.S. neutrality in the El […]
Excerpts from an interview with WERU Radio: March 18, 2009 First of all an extensive greetings to all of you. As the FMLN slogan went, hope overcame fear, and now we have Mauricio Funes as our President. This is a product of the work that we have been doing for many years–working with perseverance to […]
EMERGENCY URGENT ACTION: URGENT ACTION: Republicans threaten Salvadoran voters from floor of House of Representatives. Yesterday, two Republicans gave speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives threatening that Salvadorans living in the U.S. will lose their immigration status and be outlawed from sending money home to their families if voters in El […]
URGENT ACTION: Republicans threaten Salvadoran voters from floor of House of Representatives. Yesterday, two Republicans gave speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives threatening that Salvadorans living in the U.S. will lose their immigration status and be outlawed from sending money home to their families if voters in El Salvador exercise their right […]
Public Statements against Mineral Mining in El Salvador U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities 27 February 2009 As the time allowed by the Notice of Intent (NOI) for arbitration filed by the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim Corp. against the Salvadoran government continues to wind down, public statements opposing mineral extraction have increased. It is still unclear […]
Serious Concerns of Anomalies and Violations to Electoral Regulations in El Salvador Congressional Brief February 2009 Introduction We, as U.S. citizens, are very concerned about fraud in El Salvador’s upcoming presidential elections on March 15th, 2009. We have followed the January 18th, 2009 Municipal and Legislative elections closely, and are concerns about structural problems […]
Press Release from the Sister Cities Electoral Observation Delegation San Salvador, January 20, 2009 The observation delegation of Sister Cities in coordination with the Initiative for Social Democracy (ISD) observed in the municipalities of Chalatenango and Sacacoyo. On this inauguration day of President Barack Obama we are making a special recognition of the people […]
US Citizens Concerned: Salvadoran Government Accusations Implicate Civilians in “Armed Group Activity” without Evidence Accusations during Close Presidential Race Raise Serious Concerns about Military Deployment and Independence of State Institutions Report by US-El Salvador Sister Cities January 19, 2009 Introduction: We, US Citizens are very concerned over the nature of recent public accusations by […]
The Electoral Observation Delegation of U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities in coordination with the Initiative for Social Democracy (ISD) consisted of 8 persons which included nurses, psychologists, professors, environmentalists, and sociologists. These individuals came from various cities of the United States and Sweden representing the organization Sister Cities and its 17 committees in the United States. […]