The Salvadoran popular movement is calling for international accompaniment during their upcoming presidential elections! Check out this video to learn more from youth organizers with the Kolectivo San Jacinto and to Lourdes Palacios from the FMLN women's secretariat about what's at take in the 2019 elections and the important role that international solidarity can play

Hot off the presses! Check out the Fall 2018 issue of CISPES' quarterly newsletter, El Salvador Watch.

One of CISPES’ highest priorities is to recruit new activists to join the movement to end US intervention in Central America and, more importantly, give them the organizing skills that they need to help lead effective grassroots campaigns and provide opportunities to develop and deepen their political analysis.   Every other year, we hold a national organizing skills training known as CISPES Summer Camp.

On September 22, Salvadoran President Salvador Sánchez Cerén declared New Trinidad in Chalatenango the 100th municipality in El Salvador to be “free of illiteracy.” As of early November, the total has grown to 111. This milestone in the hugely successful National Literacy Program, which shares a lifespan with the tenure of the FMLN administration, is a glimpse into the promise of this progressive government and reflects a coordinated effort between volunteers, a variety of national institutions, and local municipal governments.

by Mellissa Linton Villafranco

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