Cispes Boston - Solidarity with El Salvador

The sleaziest. Mitt Romney used investment money from the Salvadoran oligarchy to start Bain Capital; they spent the returns from their investment on death squads targeting the Salvadoran people. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/mitt-romney-death-squads-bain_n_1710133.html

Bain's Blood Money: Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Funds From Families Tied To Death Squads In 1983, Bill Bain asked Mitt Romney to launch Bain Capital, a private equity offshoot of the successful consulting firm Bain & Company. After some initial reluctance, Romney agreed.

Our first-ever medical brigade has arrived in El Salvador!

Photos from a protest against Walmart coming to Mejicanos, a working-class city that borders the capital. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.434260973262456.96369.409873999034487&type=3

Jueves 21 Junio. Plaza Schafik Handal

http://www.cispes.org/blog/gang-truce-reaches-100-days-questions-and-doubts-loom-2/

Gang truce reaches 100 days, questions and doubts loom On June 17th, vigils and masses were held in several prisons in El Salvador, as well as in Los Angeles, CA, to commemorate 100 days of a truce between El Salvador’s two largest street gangs, Mara Salvatrucha and the 18th Street Gang. In March of this year, news broke in El Salvador that the Catholic...

http://www.cispes.org/blog/el-salvador-will-not-recognize-illegitimate-government-in-paraguay/

El Salvador Will Not Recognize Illegitimate Government in Paraguay On Friday June 22, Paraguay’s president, Fernando Lugo, was removed from office in what many Latin American leaders, including Lugo himself, are calling a coup. Lugo, a former bishop who left the clergy to run for president, was the first president elected in over six decades who did not come from ...

http://www.cispes.org/topcontent/press-release-el-salvador-welcomes-education-brigade-from-the-us/ Our literacy brigade has landed in El Salvador! Check out this photo of CISPES' own Lisa Fuller and Vice President Salvador Sanchez Ceren...

Press release: El Salvador Welcomes Education Brigade from the US El Salvador’s Ministry of Education welcomes brigade from the United States; First international volunteers to support the National Literacy Program Contact: Alexis Stoumbelis, CISPES (202) 521-2510 ext. 205 On June 25, El Salvador’s Vice-President and Minister of Education, Salvador Sánchez-Cerén, ...

Industrial & maquila workers marching for their rights! CISPES' allies in the unions - many of them women, many of them working in factories or as street vendors - are some of the strongest fighters. http://www.cispes.org/blog/workers-mobilize-for-higher-wages-in-private-sector/

Workers Mobilize for Higher Wages in Private Sector On May 30th - four weeks after May Day - Salvadoran workers returned to the streets to demand increased minimum wages for private sector jobs. Over two thousand people marched to the headquarters of the National Association of Private Businesses (ANEP) - similar to the US Chamber of Commerce - de...

Latest update on the Pacific Rim mining lawsuit: the case was thrown out under CAFTA, but is being allowed to continue under El Salvador's own pro-big business laws. Confused? Read on. http://www.cispes.org/programs/anti-mining-and-cafta/international-tribunal-allows-canadian-mining-company-to-continue-attacking-el-salvadors-land-water-and-democracy/

International tribunal allows Canadian mining company to continue attacking El Salvador’s land, wate For immediate release Contact: Alexis Stoumbelis (202) 521-2510 ext. 205 Washington, DC: On June 1, a tribunal at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) housed at the World Bank, granted jurisdiction to Canadian mining company, Pacific Rim, to continue with its at...

Joint press conference with Boston CISPES, FMLN Boston, and the Salvadoran consulate to kick off our medical supply drive! Our goal is to fill a huge container with medical supplies to send to El Salvador that will arrive along with our healthcare brigade. Get in touch if you're interested in donating or hosting a house party!

"Those who wish to treat with charity that which must be treated with justice make a caricature of love." -Monseñor Romero

Work with another solidarity organization, U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities! Position begins in June 2012.
http://elsalvadorsolidarity.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=457&Itemid=65

U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities is Hiring! US-El Salvador Sister Cities

The murder rate in El Salvador has dropped 40%. But is this cause for celebration or concern? http://www.cispes.org/programs/stop-repression-and-the-ilea/salvadoran-govt-accused-of-negotiating-with-gangs-after-40-drop-in-murders/

Salvadoran Gov’t Accused of Negotiating with Gangs, After 40% Drop in Murders | Committee in Solidar A 40% drop in murder rates in El Salvador in mid-March prompted the media and the public to take a closer look at the security tactics being employed by the country´s Ministry of Justice and Public Security, now under the leadership of retired military officers. In an investigative report by the dig...