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El Salvador: News & Updates
El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. The US-backed civil war, which erupted after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980, lasted 12 years (1980-92), killing 70,000 people and forcing 20% of the nation’s five million people to seek refuge in the US.
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Event
June 14, 2018
This march is in response to the horrific abuses of immigrants, their children and families. Marches will take place across the country on June 14th with Families Belong Together. Below is the mission statement provided in both Spanish and English.
News Article
September 14, 2017
As threats to the environment increase across Latin America, new laws and police practices take aim against the front line activists defending their land and resources
RRN Letter
September 12, 2017
death threats to journalists at El Faro and Revista Factum, two digital news outlets specializing in investigative journalism
RRN Letter
July 3, 2017
illegal searches by National Police of the home of women’s and environmental rights defender Sonia Jeannette Sánchez Pérez in Santo Tomás, San Salvador Department
News Article
April 5, 2017
Water wins over gold. A victory for communities who, for more than a decade, have relentlessly organized to keep mining companies out of their territories.
News Article
November 19, 2016
No arrests with sparse crowd at SOA Watch protest
Event
November 6, 2016
Join us at Beaumont School as we mark the 36th anniversary of the four martyred church women in El Salvador. With keynote speaker Marlen Sánchez, we commemorate the work of these martyrs who sacrificed their lives to stay in solidarity with the oppressed and marginalized people of El Salvador.
News Article
September 8, 2016
RENEWED REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, AND GUATEMALA IN LIGHT OF CONTINUED INJUNCTION IN UNITED STATES V. TEXAS
Dear President Obama:
Event
August 5, 2016
Live Music. Poetry. Refreshments.
Updates from IRTF staff about Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
With special guests from Colombia (Caldwell Manners, CPT) and El Salvador (Leslie Schuld, CIS).
