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"Lucida Sans";color:black;font-style:italic'>Dear Friend in Solidarity,<br>
<br>
Greetings this holiday season! As 2009 comes to a close, we are
celebrating the tremendous victory for <st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> solidarity! <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Wouldn’t it be great to <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296"
moz-do-not-send=true>give a gift i</a>n honor of the struggle to build a
just economic alternative from the ground up?</span></b><br>
<br>
All of us are where we are now because someone in our lives that has shown
us what it means to take a stand for justice. For CISPES, the
vivacious movement in <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>
has inspired us to push for profound social and economic change in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
for nearly 30 years.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>It’s time for us to thank our
friends and compañeros inspiring us to keep up the struggle! </span></b>
By <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296"
moz-do-not-send=true>making a donation of $40 or more to CISPES</a>, we
will send you (or as a gift to someone you choose) a CD of revolutionary
music from El Salvador and a 8.5 x 11 print of our solidarity mural in
honor of past struggles. For any donation made over $60 we will also
include a special t-shirt commemorating the historic 2009 elections!<br>
<br>
I<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>t’s easy and secure to give a
tax-deductible gift of solidarity, <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296"
moz-do-not-send=true>just click here!</a></span></b><br>
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size=2 color=black face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans";color:black;font-style:italic'>Following the
election of the first leftist government in <st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region>, the people of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> are now facing new
obstacles. Most ominously for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>two North American <a
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corporations are suing</a> the new FMLN government for at least $180
million.</span></b> How can they get away with this? They
are using CAFTA (The Central American Free Trade Agreement) “investor
protections” chapter, claiming <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> owes them
“lost profits,” having refused to grant gold mining permits.<br>
<br>
In October, CISPES hosted a delegation of Salvadoran anti-mining activists
who received a prestigious human rights award for their work in the face of
i<a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=621&Itemid=1"
moz-do-not-send=true>ncreased violent repression,</a> including the
assassination of Marcelo Rivera. Activists spoke at events in <st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State> and
went on tour to CISPES committees in the <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Northwest</st1:place>. We heard their call for solidarity loud and clear.
As one anti-mining activist said: <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“The
struggle against mining has already been won in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Now it will
be won or lost in the U.S!”</span></b><br>
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</font><b><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>[CISPES activists protest outside Pacific Rim
Headquarters in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City>
<st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State></st1:place></span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>]<br>
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</span></font><i><font size=2 color=black face="Lucida Sans"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans";color:black;font-style:
italic'>That’s why CISPES launched our new campaign this fall,
mobilizing people across the country to pressure Pacific Rim to drop the
lawsuits and to pressure <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Attorney General to
investigate this death-squad style violence. Please echo their call <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=631&Itemid=27%20"
moz-do-not-send=true>by taking action here!</a><br>
<br>
But that’s not all! <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CISPES is
building a movement in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to challenge the laws that let corporate profit trump the needs of
people. </span></b>Free trade is holding backing the critical
transformation that the people of <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on">Central America</st1:place> need, and CISPES will
be there with them in this struggle!<br>
<br>
Stopping these lawsuits and ending CAFTA will be a hard fight. But so
was ending the war, implementing the Peace Accords, and electing the first
FMLN president. With your support CISPES played a key role in all of
these victories!<br>
<br>
This holiday season we hope you <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>will give
the gift of solidarity to remember those who have inspired you to fight for
justice</span></b> and help us stop corporate abuse in <st1:place w:st="on">Central
America</st1:place>. Together, we will win!<br>
<br>
In solidarity,<br>
<br>
Alexis Stoumbelis, Executive Director<br>
<br>
P.S. Help us stop corporate extortion of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>! Please <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296"
moz-do-not-send=true>give as generously as you can today</a>. Be sure to
include the name and address of your Gift of Solidarity recipient in the
comments line!<br>
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