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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>(note: if you’re interested in
receiving weekly updates from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> in addition to our less frequent
Emergency Response Network alerts, then go to <a
href="http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cispes-update">http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cispes-update</a>
to sign up! -- cispes)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:navy;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>CISPES Update on Emergency Response to Repression in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>August 2, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Over
the course of the past week, two important developments have taken place in
relation to the political repression that escalated a month ago with the July 2
political murders and the July 5 police attack on student protestors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
First, CISPES and other solidarity organizations organized pressure on the U.S.
Congress to take a stand denouncing the repression. The result was a Dear
Colleague letter, sponsored by Representatives McGovern and Lantos that
denounced both the killing of the two police and the resulting state actions
and repression. Some of the most important aspects of the letter are the
critique of diplomats’ statements (referring to the U.S. Ambassador) in
the days following the violence, and the call on the State Department to review
the actions of the National Civilian Police, including a questioning of their
tactics used in confronting protestors. The letter got 46 signers, who
are listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Secondly, the repression continues in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Early last week,
the water workers’ union (SETA) received a death threat that listed their
union, as well as the public health care workers’ union (STISSS) and
teachers’ union (ANDES), as and signed by a group calling itself
“Viva mi mayor,” in reference to the well known and infamous
founder of the Salvadoran death squads and of the ARENA party, Mayor Roberto
D’aubisson. The union held a press conference to publicize the
intimidation attempts and to call on the government to investigate and stop the
threats. SETA has been very active in organizing a national coalition
that brings together water workers, water users, environmentalists and other
community activists in stopping the government plans to halt water
privatization, and union Secretary General Wilfredo Romero made clear that his
union was being targeted for its resistance to state policy. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Meanwhile, the calls to stop the intimidation have fallen on the
government’s deaf ears, as the Minister of the Interior, Rene Figueroa,
continues throwing out verbal attacks on the opposition in an attempt to
justify the continued repression, most recently claiming there is a link
between the organized student groups and street gangs. However, both
youth organizations and the SETA union have declared that they will continue
with their organizing to stop the neoliberal policies, with the union committed
to building a national movement against privatization.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Thanks to everyone who called and
pressured their Representative to sign onto the Dear Colleague letter! </span></font></b> Below
is the list of those that signed on, followed by the letter itself. It
can be downloaded in pdf format from the CISPES webpage at <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/english/Updates_and_Analysis/congress_letter_ESviolence.html">http://www.cispes.org/english/Updates_and_Analysis/congress_letter_ESviolence.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The following Reps are the ones who signed on:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jim McGovern</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tom Lantos</span></font><span lang=ES><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jim Oberstar</span></font><span lang=ES><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Eliot Engel</span></font><span lang=ES><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Raul Grijalva</span></font><span lang=ES><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Donald Payne</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Barbara Lee</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sherrod Brown (OH)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Diane Watson</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dennis Kucinich</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Michael McNulty</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bernie Sanders</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jim McDermott</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Barney Frank</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Michael Capuano</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jose Serrano</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Howard Berman</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jesse Jackson, Jr.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tammy Baldwin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Richard Neal</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ed Markey</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lois Capps</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Lewis</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Michael Michaud</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jan Schakowsky</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Stephen Lynch</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Maurice Hinchey</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Olver</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hilda Solis</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rush Holt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>William Delahunt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Steve Rothman</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alcee Hastings (FL)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dennis Moore</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Robert Andrews</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Luis Gutierrez</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Carolyn Maloney</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Robert Brady (PA)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Edolphus Towns</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sam Farr</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Danny Davis (IL)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tim Bishop (NY)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Maxine Waters</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Earl Blumenauer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Henry Waxman</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>July 31, 2006 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Condoleezza Rice <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Secretary of State <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>U.S.</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Department
of State<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Washington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20520</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Secretary Rice,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We write to express deep concern about events that took
place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
on July 5, 2006. On that day, anti-riot police took up positions before a march
which was organized to protest increases in bus fares, as part of a larger
ongoing demonstration about the cost of living in the country. During a
confrontation between protestors and riot police, many shots were fired at
police officers in what appears to have been an ambush by at least one gunman.
Two officers were killed, and ten other law enforcement personnel were injured.
The police then responded with a major show of force, entering the nearby <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, searching homes and
organizational offices in the neighborhood, and making a number of arrests.
Although the shooting of the police is inexcusable, some government officials,
protest leaders, opposition politicians, and diplomats have made intemperate
and provocative remarks, which have further ignited passions and could lead to
more violence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Before the events of this month, tensions in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
were already high. Protests have flared intermittently over the last year as
the dialogue between protestors and the government seems not to have resolved
their differences. As a result, clashes between protestors and the police have
been frequent, and the Ombudsman for Human Rights in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> has found that the police
have used excessive force in a number of cases. The July 5 incident represents
a further escalation in the confrontation between the government and dissident
segments of Salvadoran society, and we fear a slow and painful downward spiral
in a country which has not recuperated fully from a bloody civil war.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We believe the State Department should seek to reduce the
tension in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
through condemning the attacks on police officers and calling on all parties to
refrain from making politically charged accusations and attempting to seek
political advantage from these tragic events. All parties, if they have not
already done so, should also immediately and categorically renounce violence.
Finally, our country, through the United Nations, has made in previous years a
substantial investment in the establishment, training, and outfitting of the
National Civilian Police. We request that you review carefully the actions of
the National Civilian Police over the last year to ensure that the force has
been professional, community-oriented, and observant of internationally
recognized human rights and that it and any of its specialized units, such as
the anti-riot police, have utilized appropriate force when confronting
protesters and otherwise fulfilling their law enforcement duties.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are committed to a peaceful and prosperous <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and would like to contribute to the resolution of brooding tensions before they
worsen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>(46 members of Congress)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>cc:
Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for <st1:place w:st="on">Western
Hemisphere</st1:place> Affairs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Anne
Patterson, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Barry F.
Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
Honorable Rene Leon, Ambassador to the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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