A 34% reduction in national illiteracy over 4 years. Centers where women receive healthcare, domestic violence counseling services, and workshops on economic self-sufficiency all in one place. Free school supplies and uniforms. Free healthcare and subsidized medications.

From November 11 to 23 two leaders from ANDES 21 de Junio, El Salvador’s oldest teacher’s union, will go on tour on the East and West coasts in the US to share more about all of these gains and more made by El Salvador’s first leftist government, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Learn about the risks and challenges the FMLN faces in the upcoming February 2014 elections from activists who have experienced these changes firsthand and how you can show your solidarity with these Salvadoran social transformations. The East Coast tour will be with Israel Montano, the president of ANDES 21 de Junio, and will have stops in Washington, D.C., the NY/NJ Metro Area, Boston, and at the annual SOA Vigil in Ft. Benning, GA. Click HERE to visit our East Coast tour page! The West Coast tour will be with Francisca Romero, the president of ANDES’ departmental secretaries, and will have stops in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, Portland, OR, Olympia, and Seattle, WA. Click HERE to visit our West Coast tour page! If you are interested in helping plan events in your city or would like to invite one of the tour guests to meet with your union or organization, please contact the CISPES committee in your city. To keep up with tour updates, check out our Facebook event page!