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    color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
    color:red;font-weight:bold'>Action Alert<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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    color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
    color:red;font-weight:bold'>July 28, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Helvetica><span
    style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
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    color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
    font-weight:bold'>Union leader invited to CISPES National Convention denied
    visa by <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> Embassy in <st1:place
    w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Salvador</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
    color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
    font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
    color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
    font-weight:bold'>Call State Department TODAY and demand that María de los
    Ángeles Pleitez be allowed to travel to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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    font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
    color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
    font-weight:bold'>AND call for President Obama to appoint an Ambassador to <st1:place
    w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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    color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
    font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>
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    style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>
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    style='font-size:12.0pt'>Staff at the U.S. Embassy denied a non-immigrant
    visa application last Thursday for María de los Ángeles Pleitez Carcamo, a
    director of the SIGEESAL health care workers union who had been invited to
    participate in CISPES' upcoming National Convention in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
     w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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    <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Embassy determined that Pleitez Carcamo cannot
    be trusted to return to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
      Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> when her visa expires, despite
    her family connections and high profile job at home, and despite CISPES'
    30-year history of hosting Salvadoran organizers and political leaders
    without once having a guest overstay a visa. The Embassy refused to fully
    review Pleitez Carcamo's application, limiting her visa appointment to
    approximately one minute. Among other factors ignored, Embassy staff did
    not review several letters of support from prominent figures, including
    three Members of the U.S. Congress, the Salvadoran Vice-minister of Labor,
    and the presidents of the international Teamsters and SEIU labor unions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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    style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt'>Last Thursday's visa denial is the latest in a
    series of attempts over last few years by the Embassy in <st1:City w:st="on">San
     Salvador</st1:City> to limit interactions between Salvadoran social
    movement leaders and the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
    public by preventing Salvadorans from traveling to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> The Embassy has been
    without an Ambassador since President Obama was inaugurated in January,
    leaving Bush-era diplomats in charge of representing the <st1:country-region
    w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> 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></p>
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    style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
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    color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
    font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
    color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
    font-weight:bold'>TAKE ACTION &#8211; CALL THE <st1:country-region w:st="on">EL
     SALVADOR</st1:country-region> DESK AT THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> STATE DEPARTMENT:</span></font></b><b><font
    size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
    font-weight:bold'> (202) 647-4161</span></font></b><b><font size=4
    face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
    bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
    <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
    l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color=black
    face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
    style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
    style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Demand
    that María de los Ángeles Pleitez Carcamo be immediately granted a visa to
    travel from <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>
    to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
    in early August.<o:p></o:p></p>
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    style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
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    style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font></span></span></font></i><![endif]>Call
    for President Obama to nominate a new Ambassador to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <i><span
    style='font-style:italic'>[CLICK <a
    href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=613&amp;Itemid=32">HERE</a>
    for a list of criteria for the new Ambassador.]<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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