January 29th, 2013 On January 28th, 60 members of the Movement of Popular Resistance (MPR-12), international solidarity organizations and residents of the urban communities Santa Cecilia and El Progreso 3 gathered in front of the Specialized Chamber of Organized Crime more than month after the raid on Santa Ceclia and El Progreso 3 that resulted […]
Statement from the MPR-12 Alliance, (Popular Resistance Movement of October 12th), an alliance of Salvadoran social organizations that came together to resist the approval of CAFTA in 2005. In El Salvador, Fiscal Problems are the Most Contradictory and Important to Address Our country is in one of the most difficult moments with regard to […]
Tita Colunga of ProVida, a member of the MPR-12 Alliance, gave this speech to the CRIPDES-PROGRESO assembly in Suchitoto on December 9th. Looking back at this year, there have been so many successes that we cannot forget. On March 15th, we elected our new government. And now, with our new government, how many people have […]
CRIPDES Position Regarding Pacific Rim Notice of Intent January 2009 Confronting the threat of the suit from the Mining Corporations (Pacific Rim) under the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), the Association for the Development of El Salvador CRIPDES, states: At the end of 2001 the political parties ARENA, PCN, […]
We, the U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities Network, work for social change by building and defending sustainable communities and economies based on solidarity, dignity, and self-determination. Our work is driven by mutual community accompaniment, organizing, education, advocacy, and fundraising. We have prioritized supporting and defending human rights as a principal focus of that work. Anti-Militarization Advocacy […]
May 7, 2007 CRIPDES Sur Monthly Update #2 Introduction: This document is the first in a series of monthly updates on the work of the CRIPDES Sur, the regional branch of CRIPDES in La Libertad, and documenting the social, political, economic and cultural panorama in the work in the region. CRIPDES Sur, with […]