Former generals Francisco Salinas and David Munguía Payés. Today, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled that the appointments of David Munguía Payés as Minister of Public Security and Justice, and Francisco Ramón Salinas as Director of the National ...

"Beatriz has the right to live." On Tuesday, May 7, at the request of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) – the state forensics institute – released a medical evaluation of Beatriz that ...

"Trying to save lives should be LEGAL!" Beatriz is a 22-year old mother who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has developed without a brain and will most likely not survive birth. Due to serious health conditions, Beatriz's ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alexis Stoumbelis, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Phone: +011 503 7383-4944 E-mail: alexis@cispes.org US unions join May Day March in El Salvador to reject US privatization push May 3, 2013 SAN SALVADOR – An estimated 80,000 Salvadorans representing ...

CISPES Labor Solidarity Delegates marching on May 1 with banner: "US Workers in Struggle against Privatization!" Yesterday, the organized Salvadoran left came out in force in celebration of May 1, International Workers Day. Over 80,000 members of labor, student, peasant, ...

Join US Labor and Take Action against Anti-Worker, Anti-Union, Pro-Privatization Legislation in El Salvador!  While thousands of people take to the streets for immigrant and workers' rights in the US, 70,000+ Salvadorans and CISPES delegates are marching in honor of May Day, ...

Tell the US to Recognize the Legitimate Presidency of Maduro in Venezuela! John Kerry, Latin America is NOT the  United States Government's "Backyard" President Maduro after taking the presidential oath on April 19. In the name of REAL democracy and national sovereignty, ...

FMLN leader Nidia Díaz speaks at a gathering in El Salvador awaiting Venezuelan election results. (Photo: Diario CoLatino) (Note: Since this blog entry was published, the death count has risen to nine and the number of injuries to 78 as ...

On Tuesday, April 2nd, Canadian mining company Pacific Rim announced it has increased its lawsuit against the government of El Salvador in a World Bank court to $315 million, equivalent to 1/3 of the country’s annual healthcare budget. The company ...

Ramirez announces her resignation from ARENA to the press. This morning (Thursday, April 4), right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party legislator Claudia Ramírez resigned from her party. ARENA is left with only 28 legislative seats and can no longer unilaterally ...