Who We Are

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The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) is a grassroots solidarity organization that has been supporting the Salvadoran people’s struggle for social and economic justice since 1980. We organize strategic campaigns against US government and corporate intervention in El Salvador and accompany the Salvadoran popular movement in its work to realize an inspiring vision of participatory democracy and economic justice. Our work is coordinated through the CISPES National Office in Washington, DC, and carried out by local CISPES chapters and supporters across the country.

Meet some of the sustainers who power our work!

"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City

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Recent Posts

The Salvadoran social movement took the the streets in 2006 to protest the impending Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC), or free trade agreement, with the US

Fourteen people were arrested in front of the White House as the crowd held crosses to commemorate the 83 Central Americans reported killed following deportation from the US

Sara Garcia, an activist with the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion (Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto) (Photo by Prometeo Rodríguez Lucero)