CISPES - Assassination in America's Backyard

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Week of Action to Protest Anti-Terrorist Law and Repression in El Salvador
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
January 14-18 marks the second international solidarity week of action to
demand that terrorist charges against Salvadoran protestors be dropped. On
July 2, 2007 fourteen people were arrested in Suchitoto, El Salvador for
taking part in a protest against water privatization. Police brutality
against the peaceful demonstration and the arrests of 14 of them produced
international outrage, and ultimately this pressure forced the Salvadoran
government to temporarily release the detainees. Nevertheless, protestors
continue to be charged under the “anti-terrorism” law and could face up to
60 years in prison. This draconian law that criminalizes different forms of
public protest as acts of terrorism is being used to silence the social
movement in El Salvador, criminalizing acts that do not in any way
constitute terrorism!

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FMLN mayor assassinated in Usulután
Friday, 11 January 2008



Wilber Moises Funes, mayor of Alegria, Usulután, was assassinated on January 9 while visiting community projects in the Las Casistas area of his municipality. A member of the FMLN opposition party, Funes was shot along with municipal staff member Zulma Rivera. Rivera was killed immediately, while Funes died in transit to a hospital in Santiago de Maria. Wilber Funes, one of the youngest mayors in the country, was dedicated to creating projects for the benefit of the poorest communities in his area while defending the interest of public services still owned by the municipality. The FMLN and civil society organizations denounced the killing and demanded that Salvadoran Attorney General Felix Garrid Safie authorize an immediate, independent, and objective investigation into the assassinations.

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How far will Bush go to hold El Salvador in 2008? And what is CISPES doing about it?!?
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Was 2007 the year the right-wing lost its grip? That’s what we’re hearing from our allies in El Salvador. And that’s why at CISPES we’re celebrating this holiday season with hope and excitement... for more victories in 2008 against right-wing attacks and U.S. intervention! Please help support those victories by making a generous year-end-donation to CISPES.