In late February, 2022, El Salvador made international headlines once again as news circulated that prosecutors had filed charges against former Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani, alongside several other high-ranking military officials, for suspected involvement in the 1989 Jesuit massacre at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA). On the surface, this news is welcome: For more than 32 years, the case has been marked by impuni

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Undaunted by government slander, organizations speak 

Amid a week of protests, teach-ins, and cultural events to mark World Water Day, social movement organizations marched to the Legislative Assembly on March 22 with flags flying high, signs that read, “Water for the people, not for transnational corporations!” and demands more urgent than ever. As water scarcity intensifies in El Salvador, the movement’s most pressing demand is repeal or reform of the Water Resources Law, recently passed by the Salvadoran legislature that is now dominated by President Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas (New Ideas) party. 

El 25 de febrero, la Casa Blanca anunció la intención del presidente Joe Biden de nominar a William H. Duncan como embajador de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador.  De acuerdo con un comunicado de la Casa Blanca, Duncan “es un profesional de carrera del Servicio Exterior con rango de Ministro Consejero, [y] actualmente se desempeña como Inspector Superior en la Oficina del Inspector General del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos”.

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"Apoyo a CISPES porque continuar la lucha para la justicia social y un pais enfocado en el pueblo significa continuar el sueno y sacrificio de miles de mis compatriotas Salvadoreñas que dieron su vida por esta visión. - Padre Carlos, New York City

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Denuncian expulsión de autoridades electorales del proceso de escrutinio final salvadoreño

Two people stand in a doorway as one person wearing a military uniform approaches followed by another person with a teal vest with GANA (previously Nuevas Ideas logo) carrying a box marked with Salvadoran government logo.

Militares acompañados por integrantes del partido Gana o Nuevas Ideas (el logo del chaleco solía ser el de Nuevas Ideas) entregan una caja de víveres a familias salvadoreñas, desobedeciendo las leyes electorales que regulan las campañas.

Las “Nuevas Ideas” de Bukele obtienen una gran victoria electoral, en medio de una campaña con tácticas ilegales