June 19 and 20th marks the Anniversary of the
Repopulation of San José Las Flores in 1986.Las Flores was the first repopulation in
Chalatenango during the middle of the Salvadoran Civil war. This
repopulation also gave rise to the Association of Communities for the
Development of Chalatenango, CCR. That same year, CambridgeMassachusetts became a “SisterCity” with San José Las Flores, and one
of the founders of US-El Salvador Sister Cities.Today the lands the repopulation of Las
Flores received through the Salvadoran Land Transference Act are threatened by
Canadian strip mining companies.Read
more…
U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities • P.O. Box 2543 • Plattsburgh, NY 12901
El Salvador Office: +503.2226.3717 • sistercities@telesal.net
U.S. Office: +1.800.532.1993 x103 or +1.514.664.1074 x103 • sistercities@gmail.com
