Please Join Us in Accompanying CRIPDES in Promoting Free and Fair Elections in El Salvador in March 2009 Elections Observation Delegation: March 10th-19st To register, click here Registration Deadline: February 10th, 2009 Many say that these are the most important elections in Salvadoran history · We will meet with a number of civic and […]
Category Archives: Sister Cities
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Since the 1980’s, Sister Cities has built people-to-people solidarity relationships between the United States and El Salvador. These relationships are the foundation upon which we work for human rights, social and economic justice, and cultural exchange. This important work only happens through hundreds of dedicated volunteers in cities around the United States who maintain sister city relationships […]
Members of broad social movement networks from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador have been meeting in San Salvador for the past 3 days to collectively strategize against the EU-Central American Association Agreement (ADA). According to Government negotiators, the ADA agreements would liberalize trade of goods and services, promote cooperation on such […]
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From the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project, Madison, Wisconsin: This spring, in collaboration with several Madison churches, the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP) presented “Stations of the Struggle,” a traveling art exhibit during the 2008 Lent season. The Stations of the Struggle exhibit honors the fact that the people of our sister city of Arcatao, […]
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February 13 Twice as many people as organizers expected – an estimated 700 – left the town of Suchitoto Monday morning, February 11, carrying photos of those who have come to be known as the “Suchitoto 13″ and posters reading ”Liberty for the Political Prisoners of Suchitoto”. Organized by the Association of Rural Communities for […]
POPULAR RESISTANCE MOVEMENT – OCTOBER 12TH MPR-12 For Life, Dignity and Sovereignty September 20, 2007 The organizations represented in the MPR-12 inform the national and international community: That the morning of September 20, 2007 as he was leaving his house the journalist Salvador Sánchez, reporter for Mayavision Radio, YSUCA Radio, and the Radio Cadena Mi […]
September 24, 2007: The Suchitoto 13 have continued to organize for freedom and economic justice despite the ongoing case against them. Still charged with Acts of Terrorism and Injuries, and facing up to 60 years in jail, Lorena, Rosa, Haydeé, Manuel, and the rest of the accused have been continuing their work, as well as […]
STATEMENT OF CRIPDES AND THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS: TO THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY August 9, 2007 The consequences of the events in Suchitoto which took place on the 2nd of July demonstrate to the Salvadoran population the dangerous anti-democratic attack which threatens citizens and foreigners residing in Salvadoran territories. This reality obliges […]
El Salvador Update: Prisoners Granted Conditional Liberty, Terrorism Trial and the Struggle for Free Speech and the Right to Organize continue. July 27th, 2007 This morning the 9 remaining prisoners originally captured last July 2nd in Suchitoto were granted conditional liberty, and left their respective jails. Marta Lorena Araujo Martínez, Rosa María Centeno Valle, Manuel […]
Remaining 9 Prisoners Conditionally Released July 26, 2007 The Judge of the Special Appeals Court in San Salvador granted conditional liberty to the remaining 9 captured in Suchitoto on July 2nd, pending their trail for charges of “acts of terrorism” within three months. Today at approximately 5:15 pm the decision was announced, amidst cheers from […]