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Tag: Central America

Central America

Justice Department harasses Salvador solidarity committee

From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), March 11: Central American Solidarity Activists Dispute Department of Justice Order Washington DC — The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), illegally targeted in… Read moreJustice Department harasses Salvador solidarity committee

Central America

El Salvador: bakers march against high price of grain

From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), March 3:

Central America

Guatemala to open genocide archives

Guatemala’s President Alvaro Colom has ordered the release of military archives from the country’s brutal 1962-1996 civil war. “We are going to make public all military archives…so the truth can be known, and so that once and for all we… Read moreGuatemala to open genocide archives

Central America

Guatemalan land dispute ends peacefully —for now

Several hundred Guatemalan campesinos took 30 police officers hostage [Feb. 21] in response to the jailing of a local farm leader and to demand that land they had been occupying for the last 10 years be legalized by the Guatemalan… Read moreGuatemalan land dispute ends peacefully —for now

Central America

All charges dropped against “Suchitoto 13”

From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), Feb. 21: On Tuesday, February 19, 13 political activists arrested last July in the town of Suchitoto were set free, and all charges against them were dismissed. This… Read moreAll charges dropped against “Suchitoto 13”

Central America

National Intelligence Director: Venezuela to intervene in Salvadoran elections

From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), Feb. 21: In a recent visit to the United States, Salvadoran president Antonio Saca expressed concern about the findings of a recent US intelligence report, which predicts that… Read moreNational Intelligence Director: Venezuela to intervene in Salvadoran elections

Central America

Nicaragua’s maritime dispute with Colombia heats up

On Feb. 11, the Nicaraguan navy captured the Honduran-flagged fishing boat Seas Star just east of the 82nd meridian in the Caribbean Sea. The 82nd meridian is claimed by Colombia as the border between its territorial waters and those of… Read moreNicaragua’s maritime dispute with Colombia heats up

Central America

Panama: uprising after unionist killed

Airomi Smith, a university student and a leader in Panama’s largest union, the Only Union of Construction and Similar Workers (SUNTRACS), was killed in ColĂłn on Feb. 12 by a gunshot to the abdomen from a police weapon. Smith’s death… Read morePanama: uprising after unionist killed

Central America

El Salvador: terrorism charges dropped against “Suchitoto 13”

From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), Feb. 13: El Salvador’s Attorney General last Friday [Feb. 8] requested that charges of “acts of terrorism” be dropped against 13 peaceful protesters arrested at a demonstration against… Read moreEl Salvador: terrorism charges dropped against “Suchitoto 13”

Central America

Nicaragua: women’s coop may lose its land

The Nueva Vida Women’s Cooperative Maquiladora (COMAMNUVI), a Nicaraguan women’s sewing cooperative in Ciudad Sandino, just outside Managua, says that it is about to lose its land. According to the cooperative, a certain Yelba Carvajal is suing in court to… Read moreNicaragua: women’s coop may lose its land

Central America

Independence movement emerges on island claimed by Nicaragua, Colombia

In December, we noted the World Court ruling on the long-standing dispute over the San AndrĂ©s Islands in the Caribbean—held by Colombia but claimed by Nicaragua. The New York Times reports Feb. 1 on the emergence of an independence movement… Read moreIndependence movement emerges on island claimed by Nicaragua, Colombia

Central America

El Salvador: repression escalates; national police director runs for prez

From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), Feb. 1: On January 7, employees of Radio Cadena Mi Gente, a progressive radio station based in San Salvador, received death threats via telephone calls made to the… Read moreEl Salvador: repression escalates; national police director runs for prez

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