February 1, 2021
One of the most important union militants in Central American history, Alejandro Molina Lara, died in Los Angeles, California on December 17, 2020. Born in El Carmen, La Unión, El Salvador, on May 20, 1944, Molina Lara quickly rose to prominence in the Salvadoran labor movement while working at a shrimp packing facility in Usulután. He leaves a legacy of militant labor organizing in El Salvador and the United States.
The Salvadoran labor movement was part of a Latin American upsurge in organizing during the 1970s. In El Salvador and beyond, strike movements had to contend with military regimes. In El Salvador, the labor movement developed over two decades under such a regime. By the late 1970s, the unions pushed the regime in a highly repressive direction that, in turn, propelled an expansion of the movement.
Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 11:12 11:12 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
5.3 quake 30 Jan 5:52 pm (GMT +7)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred in the afternoon on Saturday 30 January 2021 at 5:52 pm local time near Bengkulu, Indonesia, as reported by Indonesia s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a moderately shallow depth of 51 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.4.
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U.S. church aid to seminary helps continue work of slain Salvadoran rector
Jan 17, 2021 catholic news service
This undated photo shows Father Ricardo Cortez, the slain rector of St. Oscar Romero Seminary in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador. Cortez was assassinated Aug. 6, 2020, and his murder remains unsolved. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy of St. Oscar Romero Seminary.)
Just weeks before his killing, Father Ricardo Cortez had written to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops requesting economic help for his beloved seminary, damaged by tropical storms that barreled through Central America in 2020 and struggling from the economic effects of COVID-19.
SANTIAGO DE MARIA, El Salvador He slept surrounded by philosophy.