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Special Report: Activists affirm child migrants are refugees of failed US...
On Friday afternoon, as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met at the White House with the presidents of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to discuss the increasing numbers of...
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Priest’s Arrest Draws Outcry
Father Antonio Rodriguezphoto: elsalvador.com The July 30th arrest of popular Spanish priest Father Antonio Rodriguez (“Father Toño”) in his home in Mejicanos, El Salvador, has drawn protest from...
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Salvadorans and allies protest $300 million mining lawsuit on Independence Day
On September 15, as Central American nations celebrated Independence Day, the Salvadoran community in Washington, DC hit the streets outside the World Bank to protest the OceanaGold mining...
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New Security Plan Focuses on Prevention and Job Creation
Photo: La Pagina On January 16th, 2015, El Salvador’s president Salvador Sánchez Cerén received a comprehensive security proposal from the National Council on Citizen Security and Coexistence, a...
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Press Release: Elections observers note commitment to democratic ethics
Contact: Laura Embree-Lowry (202) 495-9551 On Friday, February 20, representatives of CISPES’ 2015 electoral observation mission held a press conference in San Salvador to share their initial...
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From Gold Country to the Golden Triangle: Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
CISPES was proud to help organize this action in front of the World Bank to say ¡Ya Basta! with these free trade agreements that give transnational corporations the right to try to trample the...
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US Organizations call on President Obama to stop interfering in Venezuela
In an open letter addressed to President Barack Obama, over 100 U.S. academics, activists and organizations, including CISPES, called on the President to rescind his Executive Order declaring Venezuela...
View ArticleTranslation: Human rights ombudsman condemns killing of transgender activist...
This article was published in Spanish on June 4, 2015 in the Salvadoran newspaper, La Prensa Gráfica. Re-printed here for purposes of making this information available in English. Translation to...
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CISPES denounces brutal murder of Francela Méndez, transgender activist
In response to the brutal murder of transgender activist Francela Méndez on May 31, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) expresses the following: We extend our deepest...
View ArticlePress release: Human rights advocates to Senate: Central American aid package...
For immediate release: July 8, 2015 Contact: Laura Embree-Lowry, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) laura@cispes.org (202) 521-2510 Human rights advocates to Senate:...
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