To the sound of the chant "There is no pride without struggle", Salvadoran LGBTI+ activists who participated in the Pride 2022... Read more >>
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22,000 people marched for the Pride commemorations and protests in San Salvador on Saturday, June 25 I Photo courtesy of Vladimir Chicas
June 30, 2022
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On June 1, 2022, Salvadoran community and allies protest outside of the Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.
June 14, 2022
Three years have passed since the end of the former leftist administration in El Salvador, and popular social movement groups are... Read more >>
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Unions and social movement organizations have called for the release of Giovanni Guerrero, member of the Popular Resistance and Rebellion Bloc, who was arrested following the International Workers Day march on May 1, in which he participated.
June 13, 2022
Since May, there has been an alarming trend of social movement leaders being arbitrarily arrested in the context of the... Read more >>
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Dr. Violeta Menjiva, former Minister of Health, was unlawfully arrested in July 2021, along with other former officials from the progressive FMLN administration.
May 26, 2022
Freedom for Violeta, Erlinda and other Political Prisoners of El Salvador! CISPES rejoices alongside the Committee of Family of... Read more >>
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Security force members from Honduras, Guatemala and Panama prepare for a Sustained Airborne Training at Soto Cano Air Base, Feb. 21, 2018, with U.S., and El Salvador forces. (U.S. Army photo, public domain)
May 25, 2022
On April 27, a group of progressive Members of Congress called for withholding all military and security aid to El Salvador,... Read more >>
"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City