EL SALVADOR: Repression continues

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador reported on August 2 that violence and intimidation against progressive forces has continued since the July 2 political murders of Juana and Francisco Manzanares and the brutal police attacks on a July 5 student protest. In late July, the water workers' union (SETA) received a death threat against it and two other unions, signed by a group calling itself "Viva mi Major". This name is a reference to the infamous founder of the Salvadoran death squads and of the ruling Arena party, Major Roberto D'Aubuisson. SETA has been part of organising a national coalition uniting water workers, community groups and environmentalists against government plans for water privatisation. For more information, visit <http://www.cispes.org>.

From GLW issue 678