Following Monday’s 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals TPS decision, CISPES affirms its solidarity with the TPS community and all migrants who are constantly under attack in the U.S. and globally.

On August 21, Defense Minister of El Salvador, René Merino Monroy, testified before legislators to give an official account of the military takeover of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on February 9, colloquially referred to as ‘9F.’ The entry of the military into the “Blue Room” or voting chamber of the Legislative Assembly on February 9 to intimidate legislators into approving a $109 million loan for President Nayib Bukele’s Territorial Control national security plan was

On July 15, the House Committee on Appropriations delivered an initial blow to some of the Trump Administration’s latest and most egregious attacks on asylum-seekers.

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing on July 1 to discuss the Trump Administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. During the hearing, a number of House Democrats expressed concern about the ongoing constitutional crisis in El Salvador as well as Trump Administration’s silence around power grabs by the Bukele administration and others, such as Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. 

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Monument to Memory and Truth, Parque Cuscatlán, San Salvador. Photo credit: Jorge Montenegro (www.jmontenegro.com.sv), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Graphic from "Página de Maíz" publication #880, from Equipo Maíz. Signs read: “Free our relatives! They are innocent!” . . . “The State of Exception is like the snake that only bites people who are barefoot.”

State of Exception: A snake that only bites people who are barefoot