· August, 2012

Stories about El Salvador from August, 2012

Central America: Upcoming “Camps” for Young Cyber-Activists

  22 August 2012

Rising Voices is partnering with Hivos and Dialogía in two “camps” for young people using digital media for social change. The workshops, called “Activistmo” [es], will be held in Nicaragua and Guatemala during September and October. Young people from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala between the ages of...

El Salvador: 30 Years Since ‘El Calabozo Massacre’

  22 August 2012

Today, August 22, 2012, marks the thirtieth anniversary of the ‘El Calabozo’ massacre, “when troops of the US-trained Atlacatl Battalion murdered more than 200 civilian victims taking refuge along a river's banks,” as Tim's El Salvador Blog reports. Tim highlights how families of the victims will “commemorate, remember, and demand...