The Popular Rebellion and Resistance Bloc (BRP) laid out their goals for the upcoming year and analyzed the challenges facing the country in their second National Assembly, held on December 15. Approximately 250 delegates from 35 member organizations attended the gathering and the group officially incorporated new members like the Economic and Human Rights Defense Unit (UNIDEHC) and the Critical Thought University  Movement (MUPC).

The  BRP formed in 2021 amidst the growing repression and democratic rollbacks of the Nayib Bukele government. Since then, they have coordinated with other alliances to organize many of the country’s biggest marches. At the National Assembly, BRP leaders addressed the attacks on the public healthcare system, rampant human rights abuses, political persecution, and the dire economic situation faced by Salvadorans across the country. They warned that these attacks will continue through 2025.

Organizers detailed the alliance’s goals to combat the government’s systemic repression. These goals include the further consolidation of the BRP through increased political formation and the establishment of BRP committees in each of the country’s 14 departments. They added that the BRP also aims to deepen alliances with other groups with a shared alternative vision for the country.

Fran Omar Parada, a member of the BRP’s coordinating committee, closed by encouraging the delegates to continue organizing. “We have moved from hopelessness and despair to active resistance. People in the communities are organizing…and we are convinced that only through organizing in our workplaces, in the countryside and in urban areas, can we get out of this impasse in which we currently find ourselves.”