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Honduras:
The People Against Empire
The
gravitas of Bertha Oliva, the director of COFADEH (The Committee of Relatives
of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras), is built on 25 years of tireless
work for human rights after having a family member disappeared by the
U.S.-backed Honduran national security state. Since the 1980’s, Bertha
and her COFADEH colleagues have publicly denounced state sponsored human rights
violations, including the tragically painful disappearances of relatives.
Read
essay by Michael Ring and the
full report from the Delegation to Honduras
Come
to our National Gathering: October 8-10th 2010
The Boston area Sister City committees invite you and your fellow
activists to attend the 2010 National Gathering. We’ll be hosting you in
Cambridge and are planning both meetings and activities that will continue to
solidify our National Network, inspire us to continue our work, expand our
solidarity with El Salvador and serve as a great opportunity to get to know
each other. Please email us at
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if you are interested in coming.
Check
out our 2009 Annual Report
As we look back on the past year, one
of successes and excitement, we know that all of this has come about because of
the dedication and commitment of everyone who is part of the Sister Cities
network. Take a look at our 2009 Annual Report here.
 Reflections
of the Cambridge Youth Delegation
"For the twelve students and three chaperones, the Sister Cities Youth
Delegation to Las Flores was a great opportunity to learn the simplicity,
success and struggles of El Salvador in the Cambridge Sister City - San Jose
Las Flores and other municipalities. We spent ten packed days primarily in San
Jose Las Flores- Chalatenango, with brief visits to San Vicente, Perquin-
Morazán, and San Salvador. Each municipality gave us a new experience
historically, socially, and emotionally due to regional variations and other
factors."
Read more...
The Roundtable Against Mining Reacts to the
Arrests of Suspected Murderers of Anti-Mining Activists
Last Thursday, July 1st, the
Attorney General of the Republic of El Salvador, through the Specialized
Department Against Organized Crime (DECO) and the Sub directorate of
Investigations of the National Civil Police captured a dozen suspects involved
in the murders of the environmentalists Ramiro Rivera Gómez and Dora Sorto
Recinos, who were brutally gunned down in December of 2009 in the town of
Trinidad, Sensuntepeque (Cabañas). Most of these detainees are only in
provisional custody, except for the two alleged intellectual authors of the
crimes. Read more…
The Movement Against Mining Marches On; An
Update
Commerce Group Suit Moves to the
Next Stage
The Milwaukee based companies
Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines Inc. are also suing the
Salvadoran government for $100 million. While they filed their notice of
intent last year, it was assumed the company was waiting to see the outcome of
the Pac Rim case before proceeding. However, on July 1st the ICSID announced that they have
named the arbitrators who will hear the case. The three arbitrators are
Dutch, Canadian and Argentine. According to the Diario de Hoy, which covered the
announcement, the disputing parties now have 60 days to prepare themselves for
the first hearing. Read more…
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