Inhabitants of the lower Lempa region organized a demonstration today asking for mitigation works that need to take place before the start of the rainy season. The region has managed to remain organized in the absence of the figure of governors. Nevertheless they make the following plea to the government to prevent the kind of […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) USESSC and CISPES are releasing the following statement to support the leaders of Santa Marta arrested in January 11: The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) and U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities – international solidarity organizations that have accompanied the Salvadoran popular social movements and their struggles – strongly […]
On Thursday April 28th, during a press conference, the Minister of Labor said that May 1st marchers will be relatives, collaborators or financiers of criminal groups or gangs of El Salvador.
(IN ENGLISH HERE) Comunicado publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2021 (Washington, DC) – Hoy, los representantes Albio Sires (D-NJ) y Mark Green (R-TN), presidente y miembro de alto rango, respectivamente, del Subcomité de Asuntos Exteriores de la Cámara sobre el Hemisferio Occidental, Seguridad Civil, Migración y Política Económica Internacional, emitieron la siguiente […]
This post is an update on the events that unfolded on November 22, where NGOs were targeted and searched by the National Police at District Attorney of El Salvador. These were some of the first actions observed since the Foreign Agents Law was proposed, where the Bukele Administration began to require a 40% tax from […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In the spirit of the International Day of Rural Women, with the support and accompaniment of U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities, the SHARE Foundationn among others, the National Women’s Roundtable organized this event on October 15, in which approximately 40 women from rural communities representing the 5 regions of CRIPDES gathered to […]
ORGANIZACIONES SOLIDARIAS DE ESTADOS UNIDOS ANTE LAS CAPTURAS DE EXFUNCIONARIOS PÚBLICOS DE LAS ADMINISTRACIONES DEL PARTIDO FMLN Condenamos la forma en que las autoridades detuvieron a cinco ex funcionarias y funcionarios el día 22 de julio, ya que lo hicieron sin la orden de un juez, sin informarles los motivos de su detención y […]
(PUEDE LEER EL COMUNICADO EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Social organizations reject the actions of the Legislative Assembly, as they put the peace and well-being of Salvadorans at risk We, representatives of social organizations with a membership of thousands of compatriots, condemn the dismissal of the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber and the Attorney General by […]
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) PRONUNCIAMIENTO DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES ESTADOUNIDENSES DE SOLIDARIDAD CON EL PUEBLO DE EL SALVADOR Ante el grave hecho de violencia electoral ocurrido la tarde del domingo 31 de enero, las organizaciones de los Estados Unidos de América: CISPES, Ciudades Hermanas, SHARE y Voces en la Frontera, expresamos que: Condenamos enérgicamente […]