(NOTICIA EN ESPAÑOL AQUI) Out of the 220 older adults in the Sara Zaldívar nursing home, which is part of the care centers of the Salvadoran Institute for Comprehensive Rehabilitation (ISRI), 111 have been infected with Covid-19. This number represents 50% of the older adult population. In addition, 32 center employees have tested positive […]
June 3, 2020 Dear Friends of US-El Salvador Sister Cities, We are writing to ask for your emergency solidarity once again to support our sister communities in El Salvador as they face devastation from the impact of Tropical Storm Amanda. You can donate online or, if you prefer, by check. We thank all of […]
El Salvador was already suffering due to restrictions implemented due to the covid19 pandemic and now tropical Storm Amanda (formerly known as “2E”) is hitting the country. Government has officially declared “Red alert“. We’ll be updating with information from the CRIPDES regions. … UPDATE FROM SAN VICENTE (JUNE 2) Our friends from the organic farming […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Like the CCR, CRIPDES Sur is now working with the support of OXFAM to fight gender violence amid the pandemic. They will be developing a project called “Promotion of key actions for the prevention of Gender-based violence in the Port of La Libertad” The project has three main outputs: First, the […]
El Faro has reported how the Salvadoran government never really listened to the Emergency Fund Committee before taking any economic action, which led to the civilian members’ resignation. Besides not knowing how 100,000 beneficiaries of the $300 donations were selected, another worrisome detail is the fact that the group did not participate in asking (and […]
El Diario de Hoy had access to a U.S. State Department report that certifies that El Salvador is subject to receive cooperation from the United States for meeting certain criteria. However, it makes harsh accusations to the Nayib Bukele government for weakening democracy, the rule of law and institutionality. “The administration of the President of […]
(ARTICULO DE GLENDA GIRON ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO EL 26 DE ABRIL DE 2020 POR “SÉPTIMO SENTIDO”) In developed countries, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is related to pre-existent conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension. It means that the deterioration of the purifying function of the kidneys comes as a consequence of the previous failure of other […]
Amid the latest power struggle El Salvador is enduring right now, the Medical Association, whose opinion has been heard in other crisis El salvador has endured before, states they have not been able to participate during the current pandemic. The president of the Medical Association of El Salvador, Milton Brizuela, spoke about the Government’s […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, our friends at Teosinte reported: “We are still locked up, with the new DUI measure (permission to move according to the last digit of your identity document), people go out in their vehicles and (for) the rest (…) there is an advantage, people come selling food suplies here and also […]
(ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUI) His name was Luis Iván Mejía Bonilla, he was 30 years old, and he was the father of a girl. His relatives, some of them living in the USA, were told by (salvadoran) authorities that they should go to the Santa Teresa Hospital. However, upon arrival, they were told the […]