El Salvador: Delegation exposes US interference (CISPES)

[EFerrari]

El Salvador: Delegation exposes US interference

11 October 2008


The statement below was released on October 8 by Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). The delegation’s report can be downloaded at http://www.cispes.org.

A recently returned US delegation to El Salvador has published a report on human rights abuses, the potential for fraud and intervention in the 2009 Salvadoran elections, and the role that the US government has played in the cited injustices.

The delegation was organised by CISPES and was made up of 17 US citizens and residents. The introduction to the report explains its intended purpose of “offer elected officials, the media, and concerned citizens a description of the deterioration of human rights in El Salvador … the potential impediments to true democracy faced by the Salvadoran people as they approach a crucial election period in their country”.

Callie Arnold, a delegate from Seattle, stated: “We feel that US citizens and residents should be aware of and concerned by the injustices carried out in El Salvador — particularly the many that our government has a hand in — and we hope this report will get people talking, increase media coverage, and encourage elected officials to take action.”

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/770/39708