The Occupy protests have been huge in the US over the last several months. While not a new tactic in the realm of nonviolent action / civil disobedience, it seems "occupying" a space has seen a resurgence lately. It's, however, definitely not a new thing at all here in El Salvador. Students at the National University are often up in arms about something, and take over the university grounds and shut the place down for several days until their voices are heard. San Salvador's latest episode involves the national cathedral ... Read the following article (with the help of Google Translate if you're not a Spanish speaker) to get an idea of what's going on. I do want to mention as well that the beautiful facade of the cathedral (as you can see in the background photo on my blog) has been destroyed in this round of occupation, and a new design of some kind will go up eventually.
Masked veterans take the Cathedral
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