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color:red;font-weight:bold'>July 28, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
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>
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<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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<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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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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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<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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<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 – 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>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </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"'> </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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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&task=view&id=613&Itemid=32">HERE</a>
for a list of criteria for the new Ambassador.]<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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