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Pan-American Health Organization Praises El Salvador’s Healthcare

WEBThe Pan-American Health Organization (Organización Pan-Americana de Salud, or OPS) recently recognized El Salvador’s advances in guaranteeing free, quality healthcare for all under the 2010 healthcare reform. The reform, initiated by the nation’s first leftist government (2009-2014) and continued under the present administration of …

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El Salvador’s Feminist Movement Calls to Protect “Human right to …

WEBAfter the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) won the presidency for the first time in 2009, the government of El Salvador ramped up efforts to increase social programs and resources for women and girls, from preventative health care to promoting financial independence.

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Report: COVID-19 Response Spurs Human Rights Violations, …

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Alexis Stoumbelis, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) (202) 521-2510 ext. 205, [email protected] The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) has released a new report that raises alarms about President Bukele’s authoritarian …

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FMLN and social movement win battle against the pharmaceutical …

WEBOn February 17 th, the Salvadoran Legislature approved the FMLN’s proposed Medications Law to overhaul the pharmaceutical industry.Due to the current lack of regulation, El Salvador has the highest medicine costs in the world, with brand-name drugs selling for 52.2 times the average international price and generic drugs selling for, on average, 28 …

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EL Mozote: The Road to Justice, Truth and Reparations Remains …

WEBPresident Bukele's ‘health cordon’ blocks access for experts appointed to carry out the archive search at military base.

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Support Rebuilding Efforts in El Salvador After Devastating Rains

WEBWhen I sat down to write this letter, I planned to tell you about CISPES’ new program to bring U.S. health care practitioners to El Salvador’s rural areas to work alongside Salvadoran doctors and nurses under the FMLN’s Ministry of Health and ask for your financial support to help us take advantage of a generous $5,000 matching grant to …

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resources on gender oppression, trans and gender non …

WEBSome resources to check out: Bazant, Micah. “Trans Respect/Etiquette/Support 101.” Tim Tum: A Trans Jew Zine. Last updated 11/17/06

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Bukele Administration Attacks STISSS Health Care Workers' Union

WEBThe Bukele Administration is attempting an illegal takeover of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute Workers' Union (STISSS), the country's largest union.

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History of CISPES CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the People …

WEBFounded by conventions in Los Angeles and Washington, DC in October of 1980, CISPES grew into a powerful national grassroots solidarity organization.

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Call on El Salvador’s Supreme Court to permit Beatriz to receive a …

WEBBeatriz is a 22-year old mother who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has developed without a brain and will most likely not survive birth. Due to serious health conditions, Beatriz's life is at risk should she give birth. Her doctors have recommended a therapeutic abortion be carried out immediately, yet they are unable to do so because of …

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Equipo Maíz Shines a Light on Bukele's "Bitter Medicine"

WEBEach week, the historic popular education organization Equipo Maíz releases a newsletter highlighting an ongoing issue in Salvadoran society. Since Nayib Bukele took office in 2019, the newsletters have often focused on his government's attacks against public sector workers and government institutions, as well as economic indicators that …

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Legislative Assembly 'Turns Its Back on Women,' Rejects Abortion …

WEBOn October 20, El Salvador’s New Ideas–controlled Legislative Assembly voted to uphold the country’s absolute abortion ban, rejecting a penal code reform from feminist organizations to decriminalize the procedure in limited circumstances.

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USAID in El Salvador: The Politics of Prevention

WEBBy Hilary Goodfriend. This article was originally published in Solidarity, see the original here.. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) frames its work in El Salvador in the sterile, technocratic language of neoliberalism.

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Communities respond after toxic dumping poisons river, killing …

WEBResidents of Tecoluca, in the department of San Vicente, awoke on April 15 to find the Bravo River an unusual coffee color. That same day, animals living in the river began to wash up dead on its banks.

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Special Report: Human Rights Violations Abound in El Salvador as

WEBIn response to the threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador took a number of strong measures early on, such as setting up an obligatory quarantine in government-established centers for all air and land travelers returning to El Salvador and closing the airport to inbound and outbound traffic.

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PROES: 100 days of miscalculations and setbacks of the new …

WEB100 days into Nayib Bukele's presidency, many in El Salvador’s social movement increasingly see parallels between the emerging trends of his administration and those of other neoconservative and authoritarian governments in the region.

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Travel to El Salvador CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the …

WEBPlease contact Samantha Pineda at (202) 521-2510 ext. 204 or [email protected]. Information on upcoming (and past) delegations below! 2019 Elections Accompaniment Delegation. Delegation Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019 - 9:00pm to Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 1:00pm. 2019 Elections Accompaniment Delegation.

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LGBT+ Organization in El Salvador Denounce Bukele's Attacks as a

WEBDays after their speeches at the far-right Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference held outside of Washington, D.C., Nayib Bukele and Argentinian President Javier Milei launched what seems to be a coordinated attack on LGBTI+ communities.

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Bukele Regime Ramps Up Attacks on Unions CISPES: Committee …

WEB20,000 public workers have been fired since Nayib Bukele became president in 2019. In late August, the federal government of El Salvador announced their intention to close the National Professional Training Institute (INSAFORP) and the National Youth Institute (INJUVE), leaving hundreds of thousands of people who benefit from their programs …

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El Salvador Declares 100th Municipality Free of Illiteracy

WEBOn 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 …

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On Day of the Salvadoran Unionist, Workers March, Denounce …

WEBOn October 31, organized labor took to the streets on the Day of the Salvadoran Unionist, uniting in struggle against what they denounce as systematic attacks against workers’ rights under the Bukele administration.. The historic day commemorates the October 31, 1989, bombing of the National Federation of Salvadoran Workers …

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Bukele Administration Deploys 2000 Troops to Comasagua …

WEBEarlier this month, international news agencies reported on the deaths of five soldiers in Comasagua, in the department of La Libertad, as tropical storm Julia passed over El Salvador. But what connections and context did they miss? Why was there a massive troop deployment in a rural municipality in the first place?

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