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Water safe from privatization for now, US continues pushing reforms to...

Members of the Water Forum at a rally with signs reading “Water is ours.” (Photo: El Mundo) With the ink barely dry on the State Department’s commitments to work with the incoming administration of...

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New Law Ensures Transformative Social Programs Will Carry On

School children benefit from the new school meal program. (Photo: Transparencia Activa) Yesterday, the Legislative Assembly approved the Social Development and Protection Law that was presented by...

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Special Report: Incoming President Forges New Regional Ties

President elect Sánchez Cerén with Venezuelan President Maduro Salvador Sánchez Cerén, former leader of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) guerilla forces, will assume the presidency...

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Sign today to put Salvadoran family farmers first, not Monsanto

ACTION ALERT Take action today to stop the US government from manipulating development aid to promote the interests of Big Agra and seed-selling giants like Monsanto at the expense of El Salvador’s...

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COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Organizaciones de EEUU Denuncian Condicionamiento del...

Organizaciones sociales con sede en los Estados Unidos, entre nosotros el Comité en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de El Salvador (CISPES), la Fundación Share, Ciudades Hermanas, la Red Uniendo Manos El...

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Advocates to Sec. Kerry: Don’t jeopardize successful food security program in...

For Immediate Release - Thursday, July 3, 2014 Contact: Laura Embree-Lowry, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (202) 521-2510 Kate Fried, Food & Water Watch (202) 683-4905...

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Special Report: Activists affirm child migrants are refugees of failed US...

On Friday afternoon, as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met at the White House with the presidents of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to discuss the increasing numbers of...

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El Salvador’s president calls for international community to promote social...

(Photo credit: Europa Press) Last Friday, September 26, El Salvador’s President Salvador Sánchez Cerén addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, calling on the international community to...

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ARENA Mayoral Candidate for San Salvador Pulls Out Of Race Due to Party...

Norman Quijano, current mayor of San Salvador (Photo: quienessonsv.blogspot.com) On Thursday, October 9, San Salvador Mayor and former presidential candidate Norman Quijano announced that he was...

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Social Movement Demands Right to Food and Water on World Food Day

Hundreds of people march to the legislative assembly on World Food Day in San Salvador (Photo: Kristi Van Nostran) On Thursday, October 16th, social movement groups in El Salvador marked World Food...

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2014 Material Aid Docket

Supporting Resistance to Corporate Globalization & Building Popular Power (download Material Aid Flyer here) 2014 marks the beginning of the next five-year term of El Salvador’s progressive...

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From Ferguson to Ayotzinapa, stop the militarization!

Dear Friend in Solidarity, If you saw Alexis’ email earlier this week, you know we’ve been thinking a lot about the Jesuit priests who were killed 25 years ago at the Central American University (UCA)....

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Statement on Ferguson Grand Jury decision

CISPES is outraged by yesterday’s decision by a St. Louis County Grand Jury to not indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year old, unarmed black man on...

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Statement on Solidarity with Reproductive Rights Movement of El Salvador

Groups rally outside the Legislative Assembly on July 1stPhoto: Ana Virginia Guardado The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador expresses our solidarity with women imprisoned in El...

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Tri-country plan aims to attract private investment in Central America

Jason Marczak of the Atlantic Council hosts a discussion about the tri-country plan with El Salvador’s Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez and Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Carlos Morales. (Photo: Larry...

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Intern with CISPES in El Salvador!!

We are looking for interns to join us in the San Salvador Office this year! The San Salvador CISPES Office maintains communication between CISPES and our Salvadoran allies, providing CISPES with the...

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New Security Plan Focuses on Prevention and Job Creation

Photo: La Pagina On January 16th, 2015, El Salvador’s president Salvador Sánchez Cerén received a comprehensive security proposal from the National Council on Citizen Security and Coexistence, a...

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Summer 2015 Literacy Brigade

July 18-August 1, 2015 Application deadline: May 1 There will be rolling acceptance for this brigade, so please apply early to secure your spot.  El Salvador’s Ministry of Education is well on its way...

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Contentious Judge Removed from Corruption Case Against ex-President Flores

Social movement groups demand purging of corrupt judges outside Supreme Court. (Photo: Radio Maya Vision) After months of pressure from human rights and pro-democracy groups, the Supreme Court...

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Technical difficulties impede preliminary election results

The TSE explains complications with preliminary results in a 2 AM press conference. (Photo: elsalvador.com) As of this morning, the website of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) is still not...

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