The Real News interviewed CISPES organizer Yesenia Portillo about President Bukele's recent use of police and military to intimidate lawmakers in El Salvador, the Constitutional crisis that it provoked, the response of grassroots organizations in El Salvador and where the struggle for democracy goes from here. Watch here.
"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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A spray-painted message left after an anti-privatization march in San Salvador: "Water belongs to the people." Image credit: CISPES
Attorney General's office raids the offices of Las Melidas, Pro-Vida, and five other Salvadoran NGOs
Image: Las Melidas Twitter
"Only when justice and truth come together can you speak of true freedom." Fr. Ignacio Ellacuría, one of the Jesuit priests killed by U.S.-trained soldiers in El Salvador on November 16, 1989 (Photo: UCA)
