*Español abajo* Two years ago, the Sister Cities network started an annual week of action to remember the anniversary of the March 24, 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and support our friends in El Salvador. This year, we are raising money to support the salaries of two grassroots organizers with our primary Salvadoran partner, […]
(ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO POR CARLOS DADA EN EL FARO) On March 30, 1980, Palm Sunday, Romero made his last trip to the Cathedral. His body, in a gray coffin trimmed with silver, was carried in procession from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart by a dozen young priests and accompanied by bishops from across the […]
The murder of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, committed by a death squad 42 years ago in El Salvador, remains unpunished. Even though Tutela Legal denounced this last year and questioned the slowness of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), nothing has changed. Many people still don’t know about Romero’s work and how he became “the voice […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) El 24 de marzo de 2020 marcó el 40º aniversario del asesinato del Arzobispo Oscar Romero en San Salvador, El Salvador. A Romero le disparó un francotirador mientras oficiaba misa después de haber hecho un llamado a la policía salvadoreña y a las fuerzas armadas para que pararan la represión contra […]
Yesterday, during the News Brief, NPR hosts Noel King and Danny Hajek talked about Monsignor Romero’s role in El Salvador and they also featured his friend, Octavio Duran. DANNY HAJEK: Well, Romero’s always been controversial, especially within the Catholic Church. He supported the poor. He was critical of the government. So he was accused of […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, I was one of the hundreds of Salvadorans that marched asking for justice in the case of Monsignor Romero. Oscar Romero was assassinated 38 years ago and this weekend he will be proclaimed the first saint of El Salvador. Nevertheles, and despite what was stablished by the report of the United […]
Stong Interest in Local Organic Foods in El Salvador By the MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee Interest in organic farming and gardening and in permaculture is strong in El Salvador. That was one of the principle lessons that four members of the MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee learned while visiting our sister organizations and other groups […]