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Sunday, July 13, 2008
New Security Measures at National University
On Monday the University of El Salvador will begin requiring identification of all who enter the campus.
The campus, which is located about a mile north of the geographic center of San Salvador, is thought to be a gathering place
for activists. (Unversity web site: http://www.ues.edu.sv/) The rector (president) of the university said, "This is to control who enters the university campus,
because of the high crime rate in the university."
René Figueroa, Salvadoran Security Minister, had a slightly different view. The university, rather
than the police, handle security on campus, he said. Figueroa added that they are already investigating a group of "professional
agitators" on campus.
On July 4, groups of young people with uniforms of the INFRAMEN
and the institute Albert Camus closed the streets in front of the University and destroyed some property. This demostration happened a day before the second anniversary of the death of two agents
of the UMO, killed July 5, 2006, in a demonstrationover the price of electricity and bus fares.
For coverage of the 2006 demonstration click the link:
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Update from Audrey and Noah in Usulután
JULY 2008 UPDATE: Many things are happening at the Centro Pastoral in Bajo Lempa.
Go here for a PDF report with photos written by Noah Bullock and Audrey Denny.
Highlights include:
¶ update on the Hasta la Cosecha project
¶ the road to El Carmen and bridge project
¶ El Carmen youth garden project
¶ donation of property on which to build a church and flood shelter
¶ activism regarding a paved road that would serve elite hotels and pressure for people to "donate" their
property to this project
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Thirty-one die on Church Bus
All but one of the passengers on a bus tranporting members of the evangelical church Elim died when it was
swept away in a flood near San Salvador on Thursday. Additionally, five people were killed in floods in La Libertad.
More than 2,000 were affected by the flloods in La Libertad according to government authorities.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
A CNY/El Salvador Connection from Iraq
With thanks to Felicity for the info...
El Salvador is the only Central American country with troops in Iraq.
The Salvadoran contingent is under the command of the 10th Mountain Brigade, based at Fort Drum in Central New York.
The following is from a recent news story in The Mountain View.
Iraqi Soldiers unload[ed] boxes
of medical supplies and water prior to a medical assistance activity at the hospital in Numaniyah
June 12. Seven Iraqi doctors, a doctor and a nurse from the 1st Georgian Infantry Brigade, a dentist from the Salvadoran Cuscatlán Battalion and
U.S. Army medics treated more than 150 patients. Iraqi Security Forces provided security for the event with support
from elements of the 511th Military Police Co., from Fort Drum, N.Y.
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