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El Poder de la Pregunta en El Salvador

2 March 2015 in Miscellaneous

Las leyes de transparencia sirven de poco si no son aplicadas en la práctica. A veces, son necesarias la insistencia y el coraje de ciudadanos y de organizaciones de sociedad civil para que esto ocurra. En el Salvador, el Centro de Apoyo Legal Anticorrupción (ALAC por sus siglas en inglés) de FUNDE, socio de Transparency […]

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The power of a question in El Salvador

2 March 2015 in Access to information, Accountability, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, People power, Politics and government

Transparency laws mean nothing if they are not applied, and it sometimes takes brave citizens and active civil society organisations to make sure that they are. In El Salvador, the anti-corruption legal advice centre operated by FUNDE, our chapter in the country, is just over a year-and-a-half old and has already made a name for […]

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Salvadoran Parliament wastes public funds

18 February 2013 in ALAC, Americas, Politics and government

This post was authored by Alejandra Guzmán Galván, Communications counselor of the ALAC-El Salvador and Xenia Hernández Castro, Lawyer of the ALAC-El Salvador. Para leer la versión en español haga click aquí.    On 10 January 2013 citizens contacted our Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC) in El Salvador to report an inappropriate expenditure of public funds, […]

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Despilfarro en Congreso salvadoreño

18 February 2013 in ALAC, Americas, Politics and government

Las autoras de este post son Alejandra Guzmán Galván, Asesora de comunicaciones del ALAC-El Salvador, y Xenia Hernández Castro, abogada del ALAC-El Salvador. To view the English version click here.    El 10 de enero de 2013, el Centro de Asistencia Legal Anticorrupción (ALAC) El Salvador comenzó a recibir denuncias ciudadanas sobre gastos realizados por la Asamblea […]

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