Election of Barack Obama: Time for Hope in El Salvador? November 6, 2008
Election of Barack Obama: Time for Hope in El Salvador and Around the World? By Rosa Anaya November 6, 2008 Rosa Anaya is the daughter of Herbert Anaya Sanabria, a Salvadoran human rights lawyer and...
View ArticleUS Immigration Reform and the 2009 Salvadoran Elections, October 7 2008
Annie Levenson-Falk In recent years, immigration has been a major issue in U.S. politics, and an area in which we may see major change in coming years. In the past, U.S. representatives have threatened...
View ArticleThe Credibility of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is Questioned, October 6 2008
ContraPunto October 6 2008 Concern increases daily. As the electoral process of 2009 intensifies in El Salvador, the credibility and impartiality of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) declines. Civic...
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Gold Mining Analysis and Resistance Series #2, October 2008
Educating Our Communities Against Propaganda, South and North October, 2008 Education in Chalatenango When the first representatives of the mining companies arrived in Chalatenango, the communities...
View ArticleGold Mining Analysis and Resistance Series #3, November 2008
Pacific Rim Out of El Salvador! Campaign Kicks off November 12 La Virgen de Resistencia In San José Las Flores, keeping mining companies off their land is about more than protecting it from...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Fraud in 2009 Salvadoran Elections: October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008 As the presidential election nears, independent polls show opposition candidate Mauricio Funes (FMLN) consistently 15% ahead of the government party candidate (Rodrigo Avila, ARENA)....
View ArticleSister Cities' Year In Review: December 2008
December, 2008 It has been an exciting year for the U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC) Network in our work of accompanying the rural communities of CRIPDES and the Salvadoran social movement, and...
View ArticleCoercive Elections Advertisements by Fuerza Solidaria, December 12th 2008
The dirty campaign in El Salvador is worsening. Radio and television ads under the name ¨Fuerza Solidaria¨ have been manipulating statements from US officials such as Barack Obama´s advisor Dan...
View ArticleMilitary Occupation Threatens Voters Before Elections: January 6, 2009
Military Occupation in Suchitoto CommunitiesThreatens Voters Before Elections January 6th, 2009 On Tuesday December 16th 2008, 150 soldiers armed with heavy artillery entered the community of el...
View ArticlePacific Rim Threatens to Sue Under CAFTA: December 2008
Canadian Gold Mining Company Pacific Rim Threatens to Sue Salvadoran Government under the CAFTA December, 2008 By Sebastian Dario Last week the Canadian company Pacific Rim Mining Corp escalated their...
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