In a major cabinet shakeup, El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes has effectively removed all high-ranking members of his public security cabinet who are linked to the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Their replacements, including several high-ranking military officers, indicate a disturbing trend toward the militarization of El Salvador’s public ...

CISPES Action Alert: October 11, 2011 - adapted from Witness For Peace While the 99% stand up to corporate greed by occupying Wall Street and cities across the country, Congress is getting set to pass three free trade deals that put corporate profits ahead of people and the environment. This is our LAST ...

The unions and their allies have decided to reschedule the march that they had planned for Friday until the morning of Monday October 10.  This gives you more time to take action!  Join the hundreds of people who have already sent a message to Humberto Centeno, the Minister of Labor ...

(go here for an update on the situation) Two of El Salvador’s most progressive unions, the Telecommunications Workers' Industrial Union (SITCOM) and the AVX-Kyocera Plant Workers' Union (SITRAVX), have recently had their legal status revoked by the Ministry of Labor after an unjust decision by the Labor Court.  Though both unions ...

Call on the Attorney General and the Minister of Security to Begin an Investigation Immediately! (check out the Mesa press release here and aqui en Español ) With heavy hearts, we report that Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, anti-mining activist and university student, has been murdered (background information below). Jointhe Environmental Committee of ...

Update: On June 13th, a body was found by the police in Cabañas that is suspected to be the body of Juan Francisco Duran Ayala, the Cabañas Environmental Committee (CAC) activist who went missing on June 3.  Police buried the unidentified body in a common grave and Juan Francisco's family ...

Journalist Murdered in Honduras; Take Action Today to Call for the Suspension of U.S. Military Aid (see below) Our allies in the Cabañas, El Salvador are very concerned about a recent wave of death threats against members Radio Victoria, a community radio station, which is an invaluable source of information to ...

Tell Obama NOT to allow corporations to sue governments.   President Obama is in El Salvador RIGHT NOW discussing economic assistance for ElSalvador's struggling economy. Does it make sense that a lawsuit by the Pacific Rim mining corporation is trying to take $77 million dollars away from El Salvador?  Of course not!!  This ...

Raise More Congressional Voices to Support El Salvador's Struggle against Mining!President Obama will visit El Salvador on March 23 to discuss economic assistance for El Salvador's struggling economy - while a US mining corporation sues El Salvador for $77 milliondollars on the very same date. Pacific Rim hasinvoked the "investor protections" ...

PresidentObama will be visiting El Salvador on March 22 to discuss new bilateraleconomic programs for El Salvador's struggling economy.  While the US offers economic assistance with one hand, US mining corporations are suing El Salvador for $200 million dollars with the other. Pacific Rim and Commerce Grouphave invoked the so-called "investor ...