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Presidency’s legal advisor Conan Castro dismisses letter written by members of U.S. Congress

Estamos hablando de diez u once que fueron los que firmaron de trescientos ochenta y tantos que son los senadores en Estados Unidos. No representan ni siquiera el cinco por ciento de ellos. Esto quiere decir que no es unánime, que no es una visión que tenga realmente el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, sino […]

URGENT ACTION to release asylum seekers

Call your representative to demand the release of asylum seekers from detention. Unlike many other countries, the US puts people in prison when they come to the border seeking safety. Now these crowded prisons could lead to disease and the deaths of thousands of people waiting to be processed by Immigration. This is an injustice! […]

A Letter to the New Jersey Committee

Below is a letter from community of San Isidro Labrador to the New Jersey committee: Dear Friends, The members of our organization, ADESCOSIL, send you the warmest regards and hope that God has granted you abundant blessings for all the efforts you carry out to support our organizations and students. They are grateful for all […]

International Organizations Call on El Salvador to Recognize Human Rights to Food and Water

Yesterday, 132 international organizations sent a letter to El Salvador’s legislature expressing support for a proposal to enshrine the human rights to food and water in the country’s Constitution. The groups, which represent 18 countries as well as several regional and international alliances, include immigrant, environmental, labor, religious, family farmer, development, and solidarity organizations. “El […]

June 2014 Pocan Dear Congress Letter

June XX, 2014 Dear Secretary Kerry; We were heartened by your comments following the election of El Salvador’s new president, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, which expressed your commitment to maintaining a strong relationship between our two governments. More than two decades after the country’s Peace Accords were signed, El Salvador is now a mature and stable […]

June 2014 Pocan Dear Congress Letter Call Script

SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT – Asking your Rep to send a letter to Kerry about MCC manipulation and threats against the Family Agriculture Plan   Hi my name is ________, a constituent from [your city] and a member of the U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities Network. I am calling because we need Representative ______ to […]

URGENT:Call your Reps Today & Tomorrow to Sign on the Rep. Vargas Letter!

Elections Update: On Sunday, the TSE formally announced Salvador Sanchez Ceren as president-elect of El Salvador! Nonetheless, ARENA has continued their attacks on the legitimacy of the elections, and continued to demand that the elections be annulled. According to our sources at the TSE, the most recent set of appeals that have been presented to […]

Ask Your Rep to Support the Rights of Afro-indigenous Communities in Honduras

Contact the Foreign Policy Staffer in the Washington DC Office of Your Representative to Sign on to the Hank Johnson Dear Colleague Letter Today!   On Monday, January 07, 2013, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) circulated a House sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Holder addressing ongoing human […]

International Community Denounces San Salvador Mayor’s Violent Eviction of Vendors

On November 20, twenty-four organizations from the U.S. and Canada sent a letter to the San Salvador City Council and to the Office of the President of El Salvador in which they denounced and demanded justice in the case of violent evictions of vendors executed by the Mayor of San Salvador, Norman Quijano. The page […]

They Aren’t Old Ghosts: The Roundtable Against Mining on Obama’s Visit

By the Communications Team of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining    In the context of President Barack Obama’s visit to Salvadoran lands, congressional representatives of the United States sent a communiqué to the mandatory in which they expressed several important demands related to the country’s current socio-political situation. The representatives urged the U.S. president […]