On October 10th, the FMLN celebrated its 30th anniversarywith a massive mobilization and rally in San Salvador.  More than 250,000 people came fromacross the country, forming a sea of red that stretched for dozens ofblocks.  In a rousing speech to themassive crowd, FMLN General Coordinator Medardo González made clear that themobilization was also a message that any attempt at a coup in El Salvador -like the successful coup in neighboring Honduras - would be met with organizedand tenacious resistance.  “Thecoup-plotters of the region do not rest in inventing new methods for coups, fordestabilizing,” González explained. Upon querying the crowd, “Will we be ready to defend this governmentagainst whatever tricks those coup-plotting minds try to invent?” -  they responded with 250,000 energeticyeses.  He also thankedinternational solidarity for making the party’s 30-year history possible, fromits start as the armed resistance to its present as the leading political forcein El Salvador.

CISPES celebrates this historic occasion alongside the FMLNand the people El Salvador.  We arevery proud to have accompanied the FMLN during these 30 years, as partners instruggle, working for an El Salvador and a world free of exploitation, free ofUS dominance; where all can live in peace, justice and dignity.   ¡Que viva el FMLN!