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Weisbrot: Domestic dissent can change US foreign policy for the better

Read this great piece by Mark Weisbrot and the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), tying US domestic surveillance policy to attempts to sabotage domestic organizing against US foreign policy.  Weisbrot mentions his history with the Central American Solidarity movement, and ...
Activists march for decriminalization in Argentina [photo: UCSG Radio]

Drug Laws and Critiques of US Policy Mark 43rd OAS General Assembly

Activists march for decriminalization in Argentina An evaluation of hemispheric drug policy was the central issue at last week’s 43rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which brought together representatives from 35 nations in Antigua, Guatemala, and ...
2012 Literacy Brigade joint press conference with the Ministry of Education.

A special message from the government of El Salvador

CISPES is gearing up for a summer of solidarity, with two youth brigades headed to El Salvador at the end of June. We were proud to receive the following letter from the Director of El Salvador's National Literacy Program and ...
President Funes swears in new officials in public security.

New Civillian Authorities Replace Military Officers in Security Administration

President Funes swears in new officials in public security. On Tuesday, May 28, El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes swore in José Ricardo Perdomo as Minister of Security and Rigoberto Trinidad Pleités Sandoval as Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC). ...
Staff and volunteers at the Salvadoran consulate in L.A. help Salvadorans enroll in TPS.

TPS Renewed for Salvadoran Immigrants in the US

Staff and volunteers at the Salvadoran consulate in L.A. help Salvadorans enroll in TPS. Yesterday (Thursday, May 30), the US Department of Homeland Security announced an 18-month renewal of its Temporary Protective Status (TPS) program for El Salvador. TPS was ...
"And, if Beatriz were your daughter, would it be illegal to save her life?" (Photo: Amnesty International)

Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban, Health Ministry Approves C-Section for Beatriz

"And, if Beatriz were your daughter, would it be illegal to save her life?" (Photo: Amnesty International) On Wednesday, May 29th, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador ruled to deny Beatriz the therapeutic abortion her doctor’s ...
Photo: Diario CoLatino

New Data Favors FMLN in 2014, Shows Positive Impressions of Funes Administration

Photo: Diario CoLatino A new poll by the Jesuit Central American University (UCA) gives a significant advantage to the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party and its presidential candidate for the upcoming February 2014 elections, current Vice President Salvador ...
Workers and university groups gather outside the Legislative Assembly to call on legislators to not approve the P3 law.

P3 law passes amidst protest from social movement

Workers and university groups gather outside the Legislative Assembly to call on legislators to not approve the P3 law. On Thursday, May 23, amidst a renewed push by the US government for its approval, the Legislative Assembly passed the controversial ...
US Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte publicly calls on Legislative Assembly to approve P3 law.

Increased US Pressure Pushes through P3 Law in Legislative Assembly

US Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte publicly calls on Legislative Assembly to approve P3 law. On Monday, May 20th, the proposed Public Private Partnership (P3) law came up for debate in the Treasury Commission of the National Legislative Assembly in the ...
ARENA TSE magistrate Walter Araujo (left) and ARENA presidential candidate Norman Quijano (right)

Public standoff between ARENA’s TSE magistrate and candidate highlights internal divisions

ARENA TSE magistrate Walter Araujo (left) and ARENA presidential candidate Norman Quijano (right) Walter Araujo, the magistrate representing the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party on El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), has announced he will not support Norman Quijano, ...