David Pérez-Diario Co Latino http://www.diariocolatino.com/es/20100723/nacionales/82506/?tpl=69 (Unofficial Translation) The National Roundtable Against Mining, with support from various international organizations, demanded that the Canadian Embassy in El Salvador stop favoring from Pacific Rim and other mining companies, since they only cause pollution and damage the health of the population. Since the left-wing government has said it will […]
CRIPDES Participates in First Economic and Social Council Representatives from El Salvador’s social movement, business sector and officials from Mauricio Funes’s government participated in the inauguration of El Salvador’s first Economic and Social Council (CES) on September 4th. The idea of the Economic and Social Council was a part of the 1992 Peace Accords that […]
In his first two weeks in office, Mauricio Funes and his government ministries have begun to expose the results of 20 years of ARENA governing and look for ways to respond to that corruption. Phantom Salaries and Overspending Uncovered The FMLN has found an alarming number of irregularities in the former ARENA government ministries. […]
By Arthur Brice, CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/19/el.salvador.election/ Tallies from Sunday’s nationwide voting showed El Salvador’s main leftist party losing its hold on the capital but opening a lead Monday in the Legislative Assembly. Violeta Menjivar, the incumbent mayoral candidate of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, did not concede defeat in the mayor’s […]
By Sebastian Dario Last week the Canadian company Pacific Rim Mining Corp escalated their tactics for putting pressure on the Salvadoran government to administer exploitation permits for open-pit cyanide gold mining in El Salvador by filing a Notice of Intent (NOI) against the Salvadoran government under the Central American-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). […]
Military Occupation in Suchitoto CommunitiesThreatens Voters Before Elections January 6th, 2009 On Tuesday December 16th 2008, 150 soldiers armed with heavy artillery entered the community of el Papaturro, in the zone of La Bermuda, Suchitoto. The soldiers set up a military camp and stayed in the community, then moved to the neighbouring community […]
Contact: Emily Carpenter sistercities@gmail.com 514.664.1074×103 (Canada) Liana Dalton lndalton@gmail.com 608.206.4965 Recently Acquitted Political Prisoner Violently Assassinated Salvadoran and International Groups Call for Investigation into Escalating Political Killings in El Salvador June 10, 2008 – Over 100 international organizations have joined a coalition of over 40 Salvadoran organizations, calling for an investigation of […]
CRIPDES and Suchitoto 14 Family Members Hold Salvadoran Government Responsible for July 2nd, 2007 A week after the Suchitoto 14 were finally cleared of all charges, Salvadoran communities and family members of the Suchitoto 14 are calling on the Salvadoran Government to be held responsible for their nine month wrongful prosecution. In a recent […]
Public Disorder Reforms Passed amidst much Debate August 18, 2007 Amidst politically polarized and often heated debate, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed a reform to Article 348 of the Penal Code on Thursday, increasing jail time for public disorder for up to 8 years. Likewise, the Assembly approved reforms to Article 294 of the Penal […]
Agreement of Constitution for the Social Coordination for Human Rights The Salvadoran population in its majority is marginalized socially and economically; El Salvador’s economy is stalled and concentration of wealth is increasing, salaries are low and unemployment is rising, we lack our own currency and inflation is on a rampage and we have a very […]