By Vic Hinterlang Austin-Guajoyo Committee Following up on our trip last May to Guajoyo, Austin’s Salvadoran Sister City, (See Austin-Guajoyo Sister City Project, May 31, 2014), Jennifer Long and I decided to return to El Salvador as International Observers of the February 2nd Presidential Election. Three parties, the FMLN, which currently holds the presidency in the […]
By Annie Levenson-Falk October 7th, 2008 In recent years, immigration has been a major issue in U.S. politics, and an area in which we may see major change in coming years. In the past, U.S. representatives have threatened that immigration policy could be changed because of the results of Salvadoran elections. Policy decisions like […]
ARENA Presidential Candidate Joins Military Veterans March, Part of a Strategy to Create Fear that Military will Rebel if FMLN Candidate becomes President September 9th, 2008 This Sunday, the Association of Military Veterans (ASVEM), comprised of ex-military members from the Salvadoran Civil War, marched in San Salvador joined by Rodrigo Avila, the presidential candidate for […]
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 […]