{"id":1468,"date":"2025-05-21T15:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:38:28","slug":"posicionamiento-ante-la-aprobacion-de-la-ley-de-agentes-extranjeros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/2025\/05\/21\/posicionamiento-ante-la-aprobacion-de-la-ley-de-agentes-extranjeros\/","title":{"rendered":"Positioning on the Approval of the Foreign Agents Law."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the Legislative Assembly approved the controversial <strong>Foreign Agents Law<\/strong>, with the support of 57 votes from the ruling party and its allies. This legislation imposes a tax of <strong>with the support of 57 votes from the ruling party and its allies. This legislation imposes a 30% tax on all financial transactions, disbursements, transfers, or imports originating from abroad<\/strong>, regardless of whether they are donations, payments, or other types of transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various human rights organizations have expressed their concern, stating that this law aims to <strong>to financially stifle civil society organizations that are critical of the government.<\/strong> to financially stifle civil society organizations that are critical of the government and restrict their scope of action in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Days earlier, on May 13, President Nayib Bukele publicly announced that he would introduce this initiative, accusing alleged \u201cglobalist ONG\u00b4S\u201d and \u201cself-proclaimed leftist\u201d groups of manipulating humble people during a peaceful protest organized by the El Bosque Cooperative. This narrative seeks to justify legislation that, in practice, could severely limit the work of organizations that have historically supported the country\u2019s most vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One must ask: what will happen to the communities that have been supported by the work of ONG\u00b4S? It was a non-governmental organization that brought potable water to my community, managed the repair of our streets, improved conditions at our school, promoted sexual and reproductive health education, and provided support to people living with VIH. Meanwhile, <strong>municipalities and ministries have prioritized tourism projects aimed at benefiting certain economic sectors, ignoring the most urgent needs of the population.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde el fin del conflicto armado, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil han sido un pilar fundamental en el desarrollo social del pa\u00eds. Su labor ha respondido a las carencias reales de las comunidades, no a intereses pol\u00edticos ni econ\u00f3micos. Por ello, surge una duda leg\u00edtima: \u00bfa qu\u00e9 se destinar\u00e1 ese 30 % recaudado? El presidente mencion\u00f3 que ser\u00eda para \u00abresolver\u00bb el problema de la Cooperativa El Bosque, pero la ley no especifica c\u00f3mo ni d\u00f3nde ser\u00e1n utilizados esos fondos. \u00bfSe trata de una medida de financiamiento social o de un mecanismo de castigo pol\u00edtico?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newspaper Alharaca has aptly pointed out: \"Basically, it will be the government that decides which recipient organizations of international cooperation or solidarity will be subject to controls or a 30% tax, and which will not.\" This means that <strong>the organizations aligned with the government will enjoy privileges, while those that genuinely work in favor of the citizens could be penalized.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This law not only represents a threat to social and community work but also to democracy, citizen participation, and freedom of association. We demand that the interests of the people be prioritized over political interests, and that the work of those who have historically stood with the people not be restricted.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El martes 20 de mayo de 2025, la Asamblea Legislativa aprob\u00f3 la controvertida Ley de Agentes Extranjeros, con el respaldo de 57 votos provenientes del oficialismo y sus aliados. Esta normativa impone un impuesto del 30 % sobre toda transacci\u00f3n financiera, desembolso, transferencia o importaci\u00f3n proveniente del extranjero, sin importar si se trata de donaciones, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posicionamiento"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocosi.org.sv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}