(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On July 26, relatives of Salvadorans unfairly arrested during the current State of exception marched in front of the Human Rights Office and later went to the Legislative Assembly with a letter for the congresspeople. No representative spoke to them. Relatives of people detained during El Salvador's state of exception […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Not only Honduras held elections this past weekend, the community of Teosinte, in San Francisco Morazán, has elected a new board of directors. Accompanied by the mayor’s office and representation of the CCR, the electoral process was carried out, and it had the following results: POSITION ALTERNATE General Secretariat María Catalina […]
IN DEFENSE OF FATHER MIGUEL VASQUEZ, PRIEST OF ARCATAO The Association for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) and the Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango (CCR) express to the national and international public opinion our deep concern about expressions of hatred, acts of intimidation and threats of political violence against Father […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Back in 1990, Gatewood West visited Teosinte and he met José Tulio Guardado, Pedro Oriana, Nicolas, Julio Tobar (from the CCR), Abel Cirian and Benjamin. He wrote a report of their conversation back then. Challenging times are ahead but we must never forget how the Salvadoran people in rural and forgotten […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On January 24, Carasque held elections for a brand new board. Miguel Franco is the new president and the other positions will be determined soon. The CCR accompanied this organizing effort. Carasque is sistered with Bangor, in Maine. El domingo 24 de enero se realizaron elecciones de junta […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Many of the sister cities from our network are located in the department of Chalatenango (one of the most affected during the civil war). Therefore, they support several aspects of CCR’s work. The team shares the following report to end this year: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE REGION WITH FUNDS […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) CCR, CORDES and other organizations in the Chalatenango area held their annual commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Sunday, November 29. This year the event was held in Carasque, where a mural dedicated to Lorena Cruz and Yesenia Menjívar, two young people from the […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The sistering meetings resumed today. Some attended virtually. The new PROGRESO representative had to leave the meeting before presenting his report; but the rest of the regions shared the following: UCRES Felicia: The psychosocial care processes have already started in some communities. We do it in partnership with ACISAM. People […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On Sunday, CCR accompanied the constitution of the Teosinte youth association, “Activating Teosinte”. The board of directors was elected and energizers were carried out to keep the participants active. The mayor was present at the event. Now it only remains to take the bylaws to the official newspaper for them to […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Thanks to the donations made to our fundraising due to the COVID crisis and tropical storms Amanda and Cristóbal, The U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities Network was able to raise 19,763 dollars that have been used for the organization and delivery of food kits to communities affected in the five CRIPDES […]