[Cispes-Alert] Union leader invited to CISPES National Convention denied visa by U.S. Embassy in San Salvador!

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Action Alert

July 28, 2009

 

Union leader invited to CISPES National Convention denied visa by U.S.
Embassy in San Salvador

 

Call State Department TODAY and demand that María de los Ángeles Pleitez be
allowed to travel to the United States

 

AND call for President Obama to appoint an Ambassador to El Salvador

 

 

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 Seattle.

 

The Embassy determined that Pleitez Carcamo cannot be trusted to return to
El Salvador 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.

 

Last Thursday's visa denial is the latest in a series of attempts over last
few years by the Embassy in San Salvador to limit interactions between
Salvadoran social movement leaders and the U.S. public by preventing
Salvadorans from traveling to the U.S. The Embassy has been without an
Ambassador since President Obama was inaugurated in January, leaving
Bush-era diplomats in charge of representing the U.S. in El Salvador.

 

 

TAKE ACTION – CALL THE EL SALVADOR DESK AT THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: (202)
647-4161

 

1)      Demand that María de los Ángeles Pleitez Carcamo be immediately
granted a visa to travel from El Salvador to the United States in early
August.

 

2)      Call for President Obama to nominate a new Ambassador to El
Salvador. [CLICK HERE
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=613&Itemid=
32>  for a list of criteria for the new Ambassador.]

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