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Comunicado: Jóvenes salvadoreños residentes en EE.UU visitan país de origen para mostrar solidaridad PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 02 July 2010

Comunicado de Prensa - 1 de julio, 2010
CONTACTO: Lisa Fuller, (202) 521-2510 ext. 204

Jóvenes salvadoreños residentes en los EE.UU. visitan su país de origen para mostrar solidaridad con comunidades bajo la amenaza de explotación minera metálica

Exigen al Fiscal General que investigue los asesinatos de tres líderes comunitarios

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – El 25 de junio, una delegación de 10 jóvenes salvadoreñas y salvadoreños viviendo en el exterior – de las ciudades de Nueva York, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Washington, DC,  y Vancouver, B.C. – visitaron la oficina del Fiscal General de la República para exigir una investigación profunda sobre los asesinatos de 3 activistas anti-minería en el Departamento de Cabañas, El Salvador  los cuales han sucedido desde junio del año pasado.

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CISPES Radical Roots Delegation - June 19-27 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Please join us for the CISPES Radical Roots Delegation!

June 19-27, 2010  

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The Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) is organizing a delegation this winter that will be specifically tailored for Salvadoran and Salvadoran-American young adults over the age of 18. This trip will provide you with an intimate reconnection to your own heritage and familial background, and will tie these experiences to an understanding of the multi-faceted political and social issues that the country faces today.

This trip will be crafted so that you will:

· connect to Salvadoran culture
· learn about the history and present-day reality of the struggle for social and economic justice in El Salvador
· analyze US economic intervention, the “free-trade” model, and their impacts on the lives of real people
· build leadership skills for progressive organizing
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2009 CISPES International Observers/Solidarity Delegation: March 9-19 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 14 July 2008

NOTE: the application deadline has passed


Recent polls in El Salvador show that the leftist FMLN party is 15% ahead over the right-wing presidential candidate from the ruling party. This only confirms what Salvadorans in the social movement, members of the FMLN, and the general public have been saying all along: El Salvador is the next in line to join the Latin American shift to the left!

The Committee with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) has a long solidarity relationship with the Salvadoran people. One way CISPES continues to support REAL democracy in El Salvador, opposing US economic, military, and political intervention, is by bringing international observers delegations to El Salvador. You too can support free and fair elections and learn about the current situation in El Salvador by joining the CISPES delegation from March 9-19, 2009.

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CISPES Fact Finding Delegation to El Salvador: June 20-29, 2008 PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 24 April 2008

In the midst of a Latin American shift to the left, El Salvador just might be next in line! The Committee with the People of El Salvador continues to support REAL democracy and human rights in El Salvador, opposing U.S.U.S. policing tactics – and the CAFTA free trade agreement. CISPES invites you join a summer fact-finding delegation to witness first hand the social movement inspiration behind the 2009 electoral process, while delving into the economic, political, and human right challenges that El Salvador is confronting prior its key upcoming elections! intervention through institutions like the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) - an instrument for exporting repressive

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