CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

On December 28 and 30, the Committee of Families of Political Prisoners and the Politically Persecuted (COFAPPES) gathered at the gates of the La Esperanza and Santa Ana prisons, sending messages of love and solidarity to family members detained as political prisoners.

On December 23, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly voted to overturn the country’s historic 2017 ban on metals mining, representing a major threat to the country’s environment and drinking water supply, according to environmental groups. The vote took place less than a month after Nayib Bukele announced his intention to reverse the ban, following swift committee approval and only two hours of debate in the general assembly.